Fried lotus root with meat
Overview
How to cook Fried lotus root with meat at home
Tags
Ingredients
Steps
-
Go to the market and choose a fresh lotus root (medium size, about 500G), wash it, peel it and cut it; do not cut it with the first knife, but cut it with the second knife to make a V-shaped opening in the lotus root so that the meat is not inserted under the next cloth. After cutting, soak it in water to remove the sludge.
-
To make meat filling, it is best to chop pork belly (which is oily but not greasy), add a clove of garlic and a star anise (star anise varies from person to person, you can leave it out if you don’t like it, I like the aroma, so I added it) and mince them together; then add an appropriate amount of light soy sauce, refined salt, starch, and an egg white, mix well and set aside.
-
Use chopsticks to put the prepared meat filling into the lotus root slices, as shown in the picture, it is very simple.
-
Heat the oil in a pan and fry until slightly brown, then fry on the other side; because the lotus root itself can be eaten raw, you can remove it from the pan after you feel that the meat is not yet cooked; you can eat it if you are not afraid of getting burned. Since our family is afraid of getting burned, we added a step.
-
Since the lotus roots are already cooked, they are steamed in a rice cooker just to remove the heat.
