Lotus Root Tempura Stuffed with Pork
Lotus Root Tempura Stuffed with Pork

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, lotus root tempura stuffed with pork. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Now it's time to prepare the oil for frying. I like to use a small, deep pot because it requires less oil and its depth helps contain the oil, avoiding These tasty little fried meat sandwiches made with lotus root stuffed with pork are deliciously savory, crispy, and crunchy. 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].

Lotus Root Tempura Stuffed with Pork is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Lotus Root Tempura Stuffed with Pork is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have lotus root tempura stuffed with pork using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lotus Root Tempura Stuffed with Pork:
  1. Make ready 1/4 stalk Green onion (NEGI) or onion
  2. Get 1/2-1 tsp Fresh ginger, grated
  3. Take 350 g Lotus root (2 whole roots)
  4. Prepare 200 g Ground pork
  5. Take 1/4 tsp Salt
  6. Take 1 Tbsp Flour
  7. Make ready <Tempura batter>
  8. Get 3/4 cup Flour (cake or pastry flour if you have it)
  9. Make ready 1/4 cup Potato starch (Katakuriko)
  10. Make ready 1/2 tsp Baking powder
  11. Take 120 ml Sparkling water or water
  12. Prepare <Dipping sauce>
  13. Get 2 Tbsp Soy sauce
  14. Prepare 1 tsp Grated ginger (optional)
  15. Take 1 tsp Rice vinegar
  16. Get 1/2 tsp Sugar
  17. Make ready 1/2 tsp Salt
  18. Make ready to taste Karashi mustard

Lotus root can be used with meat to make delicious and easy to prepare balls/meat balls! A comfort food appreciated everywhere and a great snack if you like beer! 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.

Instructions to make Lotus Root Tempura Stuffed with Pork:
  1. Lotus roots! I used two small :) You can easily peel the out skin with a regular peeler.
  2. Peel and slice lotus into thin slices (about 3mm or so).
  3. Grate ginger and mince onions.
  4. Soak lotus in water for 5-10 minutes. Drain and pat dry with paper towel.
  5. Meanwhile, mix ground pork with onion, ginger, salt and flour. Then sandwich a spoonful of the meat between two slices of lotus root.
  6. Repeat until all lotus "sandwiches" are done.
  7. Mix flour, potato starch, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.
  8. Heat frying oil over medium to until hot enough to fry, about 170C/325F if you have a thermometer
  9. When ready to fry, mix sparkling water (or just cold water) into flour until you get a consistency of heavy cream (it was about 120 ml for me).
  10. Dip each lotus sandwich into the batter. Let excess batter run off before frying.
  11. Fry until batter is crisp and meat is cooked - a couple minutes each. Cut one in half to check the meat if you're worried.
  12. The tempura batter should turn out light and a bit poofy!
  13. Mix soy sauce, vinegar, sugar and ginger (if using) for dipping sauce. Slice each lotus sandwich in half and serve with dipping sauce and karashi mustard. Yum!

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. This lotus root chips recipe tells you how to make fried lotus root with just peanut oil and salt. An easy appetizer and a certain conversation starter.

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