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

Hey everyone, hope you’re 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 will make it a bit tasty. This will be really 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 well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Lotus Root Tempura Stuffed with Pork is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have lotus root tempura stuffed with pork using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

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

Is not only for making soup but you can use it for stir-fry, pickle, stew, make chips and even eat it raw as a salad. Stuffed Lotus Roots—Pan-fried Version. easy stuffed lotus root-can be filled pork or shrimp. Lotus root (renkon in Japanese) is actually the rhizome of the lotus plant. It's a popular vegetable Lotus root is full of fiber and various vitamins and other nutrients.

Steps 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!

Lotus root (renkon in Japanese) is actually the rhizome of the lotus plant. It's a popular vegetable Lotus root is full of fiber and various vitamins and other nutrients. In Asia it's believed to have Renkon makes for my favorite tempura item, followed by maitake. I like 'em both dipped in a little salt. Super easy pan-fried stuffed lotus roots with minced pork filling and a spicy dip.

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