Yesterday, my colleague from Hubei came back from vacation and brought some Hubei specialties to share with us, each with a packet of "Pickled Lotus Roots with Peppers". The colleague said that the lotus root belt is not yet formed lotus root, that is, the most tender lotus root. Fresh lotus root is crispy and sweet, but the picking period of lotus root is very short, after that time, you can't eat it, so in order to retain its deliciousness for a longer period of time, people make it into "pickled lotus root with pepper" to preserve it. The root vegetable with pickled peppers is sour and spicy, crisp and tasty, and is a delicious ingredient. The root of the lotus root "eat raw to get rid of dampness, eat cooked to strengthen the spleen", or a good nourishing good treasure it.
After work, I went to buy some gizzards back, dinner, I made a pepper lotus root fried gizzards. The root vegetable is hot and sour, the gizzard is crisp and tender, this plate almost to the husband and the child swept away, said let me go to buy some more root vegetable back to stock up. Now I will introduce you to this appetizing home cooking practice, very simple it.
Ingredients: 1 package of pickled lotus root strips, 7 gizzards, 2 chili peppers, ginger, 1 tablespoon of cooking wine, 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce, ? teaspoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, 1 teaspoon of cornstarch, a little bit of sugar
The first step is to cut off some of the yellow fat that is adhering to the surface of the gizzard, then rinse it well and slice it into thin slices. Soak the gizzards in a moderate amount of beer, which will help remove the odor while also making the gizzards more tender.
Step 2: Add oyster sauce, cooking wine and grated ginger and scrub well, then marinate for 20 minutes.
Step 3: Cut the chili peppers into diamond-shaped pieces. Put the chili peppers in for looks, or leave them out. If you like spicy food, you can put some chili peppers.
Step 4: Put a moderate amount of oil in the pan, pour in the marinated gizzard and stir fry quickly. Note that the stir-fry time should not be too long, or the gizzard will be old, it will not be able to chew.
Step 5: the bag of pickled peppers with lotus root will have a lot of water, pour out the water in a bowl with a spare, the gizzard stir-fried until browned, the pickled peppers and lotus root into the pot and stir fry, and then put a little sugar seasoning.
Step 6: Add a little soy sauce and cornstarch to the water from the small half bowl of pickled peppers and lotus root strips to make a starchy water, and pour it into the pot to thicken the sauce.
Step 7: Finally, put the cut chili pepper pieces and stir fry for half a minute, a good-looking and delicious pickled pepper lotus root with fried gizzard is ready.