I always thought that lotus root was only delicious in soup and cold mix, and later learned that it can be eaten cooked or eaten raw, and can also make a variety of delicious home cooking, which is also very good for snacks.
Lotus root is rich in nutrition, there are powder lotus and crisp lotus, powder lotus is used to cook soup or stewed meat is very delicious, crisp lotus is suitable for stir-frying and cold mixing, we Hakka people like to use lotus root to make lotus clips, sandwich meat stuffing, fried to eat stewed and eat are very delicious, today I want to share with you this home-cooked dish, but also a little similar to the lotus clip, but we do not use oil to fry or fry, ten minutes out of the pot, delicious rice and nutrition is not lost, the method is also very simple.
Ingredients: 2 crisp lotus root, 1 piece of pork belly, 5 cloves of garlic, green onion, salt, oyster sauce, soy sauce, starch, peanut oil, etc.
The detailed procedure steps are as follows:
The first step: first prepare two sections of brittle lotus root, lotus root to pick fresh, no damage to the surface, so that the lotus root inside is clean and good taste, the lotus root is cleaned and then peeled, so that it will not stain the lotus root flesh, peel the skin and rinse again, and then cut it into about half a centimeter of lotus slices, to try to cut evenly, cut the lotus slices and then give it a little water, remove excess starch, wash and pour in the drain basket to drain the water for later use.
Step 2: Prepare another piece of pork belly, peel and wash it, chop it into minced meat and put it in a large bowl, add a little salt, a little oyster sauce, a little soy sauce, 1 spoonful of starch, a little peanut oil, stir it well.
Step 3: The meat filling is adjusted, we start to stuff the meat in the hole of the lotus slice, grab a little bit of the adjusted meat filling in our hands, and then take a piece of lotus root and press it on the meat filling, and then press it down, get the excess meat filling away, and the meat filling can be filled with each lotus root hole, resulting in the following picture.
Step 4: The brewed meat slices are placed on the plate, and then the remaining meat filling is kneaded into meatballs and placed in the middle of the lotus slices, so that everyone can plate them according to their favorite appearance.
Step 5: Prepare a larger pot, boil a large spoonful of boiling water in the pot, then put in a steaming rack, then put the brewed lotus slices into the steaming rack, cover the pot and turn the heat to steam for 12 minutes.
Step 6: Prepare 5 cloves of garlic, 2 fresh green onion seedlings, peel and wash the garlic and chop into minced garlic, cut the green onion sprouts after washing; prepare a small bowl, fill the bowl with half a bowl of water, add a little oyster sauce, a little soy sauce, 1 spoonful of starch, stir it well and set aside.
Step 7: Turn off the heat after steaming the lotus slices, bring it out, pour out the juice on the plate for later, start another pot, put a little oil in the pot, pour in the minced garlic to burst the aroma, stir the incense and pour in the steamed soup, and then pour the mixed half bowl of sauce into it, cook it on high heat until it is thick, stir while cooking, boil until it is thick, turn off the heat and get out of the pot.
Step 8: Cook the sauce, pour it with a spoon into the steamed lotus slices, so that the juice tastes very good, if you like friends can cook a little more, pour it and dip it to eat, the taste is very good and delicious.
Step 9: Finally sprinkle the prepared green onions on the table to eat, this steamed lotus root is ready, like friends can try it, sweet and crisp delicious, light and nutritious a dish, home-cooked or used for hospitality are very good Oh.
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