Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, fried stuffed lotus root. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Super easy pan-fried stuffed lotus roots with minced pork filling and a spicy dip. Lotus root (莲藕) is a popular root ingredient in China. It is actually the steam of the plant with a crunchy texture. You may hear of the name of the lotus flower.

Fried Stuffed Lotus Root is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Fried Stuffed Lotus Root is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have fried stuffed lotus root using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Fried Stuffed Lotus Root:

1. Make ready About 40 thin slices Lotus Root *thawed if frozen
2. Get Potato Starch Flour for coating
3. Prepare Oil for frying
4. Make ready Shichimi (Japanese Chilli Spice Mix) *optional
5. Take Filling
6. Take 250 g Minced Chicken, Prawns OR Pork
7. Get 1 small piece Ginger *grated
8. Get 1 Spring Onion *finely chopped
9. Get 1/4 teaspoon Salt
10. Make ready White Pepper as required
11. Make ready Sauce
12. Get 1/4 cup Dashi Stock OR Chicken Stock *OR Water
13. Get 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
14. Prepare 1 tablespoon Mirin
15. Get 1 teaspoon Potato Starch

Stuffed Lotus Root is great for a bento side dish and also served as a snack with alcohol. Enjoy the texture of the crispy lotus root! [recipe] Dip each slice of lotus root into the flour mixture, then slowly dip them into the pot. Use a slotted spoon to grab the root slices and drain them on a paper towel. Use your fried lotus root slices to dip into homemade chutney.

Steps to make Fried Stuffed Lotus Root:

1. Combine Minced Chicken (OR Prawns or Pork), grated Ginger and Spring Onion in a bowl. Season with Salt & White Pepper.
2. Spread Lotus Root slices on a large tray, sprinkle with Potato Starch and coat both sides. Sandwich the filling with 2 Lotus Root slices that are similar in size.
3. Fry with a generous amount of Oil in a frying pan over medium heat until filling is cooked and outside is crispy.
4. Drizzle with the sauce and sprinkle with some Shichimi (Japanese Chilli Spice Mix), and enjoy. *Note: To make the sauce, cook all the sauce ingredients in a saucepan until thick.

Use a slotted spoon to grab the root slices and drain them on a paper towel. Use your fried lotus root slices to dip into homemade chutney. Whether it's stir-fried, boiled, braised, steamed, or deep-fried, lotus root remains crisp yet tender, with a creamy and starchy texture that's similar to taro root. Lotus seeds can be boiled and added to dessert soups or ground to make lotus seed paste, a common ingredient in sweets like mooncakes and daifuku. Seasoned minced prawns are put between lotus root slices, then deep fried.

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