Goldfish play lotus is a traditional dish with special characteristics in Changsha, Hunan, which belongs to the Hunan cuisine family.
<h1>method</h1>
Ingredients are made
Dried squid, shrimp stock, fresh red pepper, vinegar, kimchi, egg white, minced meat;
Fine salt; shiitake mushrooms; monosodium glutamate; coriander; dried starch; green beans; garlic cloves; sesame seeds;
Cooked lard

<h1>Production process</h1>
1, the dried squid to remove the whiskers, alkali hair is good, rinse clean, on one side of the front of the knife, the other side cut 0.3 cm thick silk, do not cut, and then cut into 4 cm slices, that is, into goldfish shape, placed in the dish, add refined salt 0.5 grams, dry starch 25 grams mix well! Cut fresh red pepper, kimchi, garlic cloves and shiitake mushrooms into diced rice, 25 grams of monosodium glutamate, dry starch, vinegar and 10 grams of water into the juice.
2: Stir the egg whites well and stir into the shrimp stock. Take 12 small wine glasses, smear them with cooked lard one by one, put the egg whites and the ingredients into the cup, insert 5 green beans around the rim, put a green bean in the middle, steam for 2 minutes, that is, become a lotus, and keep warm in the cage.
3: Put the wok on high heat, add the cooked lard to 80% heat, put the squid down, slide to the knife and roll it out. Leave 50 grams of oil in the pot, add red peppers, kimchi, garlic cloves, shiitake mushrooms, minced meat, fine salt 4.5 grams sauté into the flavor, add the squid rolls and stir-fry evenly, pour in the mixed juice, hold the pot upside down a few times, pour sesame oil out of the pot, use chopsticks to pick up the fish rolls, put your head in one direction on the side of the plate, and then take out the prepared lotus puffs, put them on the other side of the plate, and put the coriander around it!
Note: The squid is rolled over the oil, and it comes out as soon as it is rolled up, and it is difficult to chew for a long time.
<h1>Material selection tips</h1>
Identify high-quality squid: high-quality squid body shape is complete and solid, pink, shiny, slightly white frost on the body surface, the flesh is thick, translucent, the back is not red; inferior squid is thin and mutilated, the color is red and yellow, slightly black, dull, the surface white frost is too thick, and the back is black red or mold red.
At present, there are two kinds of squid seen in the market: one is a squid with a larger trunk, its nickname is "gun squid", and the other is a slender squid with a slender trunk, its nickname is "soft fish", and the small soft fish is commonly called "small pipe boy"!