Lotus Root

Supplement

Garlic, Red Pepper

Sesame Pepper, White Vinegar

Sugar, Salt, Chicken Essence

How to make Sour and Sesame Sliced Lotus Roots

1. Wash lotus root, remove lotus root joints, slice it, blanch it in freezer for 30 seconds, and then put it into iced water to cool down quickly to keep it crunchy

2. Chop garlic, red pepper, and prepare some sesame pepper. The red pepper is cut into rings, prepare some pepper

3. Boil the pan, pour oil, add pepper, garlic and red pepper, fry on low heat

4. Pour in white vinegar (the amount of your own, like sour mouth more), boil, add sugar, salt, chicken essence, turn off the heat, and wait for it to cool down

5. Pour the marinade on the slices of lotus root to control the drying of water, mix well and you can eat it. If you want more flavor, you can cover it with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator to keep it for a few days

Tips

Pay attention to the following points when you buy lotus root:

Pick the lotus root with 9 holes in it. Pick the skin white and thick with fragrance, pay attention to no injuries, no rot, no rust spots, without breaking the section without drying and shrinking without discoloration, the top of the "parrot head" the smaller the better.

The surface of the yellow, broken places smell a fragrance, the use of industrial acid treated lotus root looks very white, smell sour.

The lotus root is thick, long, round and short. The second root from the tip is the best.

The lotus root has many sections, the tip of the more tender, can be mixed food, the middle section can be fried food, the old general can be stuffed with glutinous rice cooked into cinnamon sugar lotus root.