Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, kung pao lotus root. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
A great vegan choice of the famous Kung Pao Chicken-great flaov Kung pao lotus roots. Lotus root is my husband's favorite vegetable as he is from Hubei province, where lotus root dominate the market in this season. It is the stem of the plant lotus. You may heard of the beautiful lotus flower.
Kung Pao Lotus Root is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Kung Pao Lotus Root is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have kung pao lotus root using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Kung Pao Lotus Root:
- Make ready 400 Lotus root, peeled and cut into 1 cm thick pieces
- Get 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- Prepare 1 small thumb ginger, sliced
- Get 1/2 cup toasted or fried skinless peanuts
- Prepare 4 scallions, white part and green part separated
- Prepare 6-10 dried chili peppers (change the amount according how hot you wish it to be)
- Take 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- Get 15-20 whole Sichuan peppercorns
- Prepare Stir fry Sauce
- Take 1/2 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- Prepare 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- Get 1 teaspoon salt
- Make ready 1 tablespoon vinegar
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- Prepare 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- Take Water starch
- Get 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- Get 2 tablespoons water
But once I stumbled upon this Chinese recipe of Kung Pao Lotus Root while surfing online, I just could not resist trying it out. Since i was not having all. The Unbearable Easiness of Real Kung Pao~~Everybody knows kung pao chicken—called gong bao ji ding in China—but did you know that you can kung pao other foods as well? My personal favorite vegetable given the gong bao treatment is lotus root, a mild, crunchy, stunningly beautiful vehicle for the mala-meets-sweet-and-sour sauce adorned with home-fried peanuts.
Steps to make Kung Pao Lotus Root:
- Peel the skins and then cut lotus root into 1cm thick pieces.
- Heat up oil in wok or pan, and fry the lotus root slices for 1-2 minutes until soft and slightly browned on the edges. Transfer out and keep the oil.
- Heat oil in wok and fry garlic, ginger, dried pepper, Sichuan peppercorn and scallion sections over slow fire until aroma.
- Place cooked lotus root pieces in and stir in stir-fry sauce.
- Simmer for 1 or 2 minutes over slowest fire; add water starch and continue cooking until the sauce is well thickened.
- Add toasted peanuts and give a big stir-fry to mix everything well.
The Unbearable Easiness of Real Kung Pao~~Everybody knows kung pao chicken—called gong bao ji ding in China—but did you know that you can kung pao other foods as well? My personal favorite vegetable given the gong bao treatment is lotus root, a mild, crunchy, stunningly beautiful vehicle for the mala-meets-sweet-and-sour sauce adorned with home-fried peanuts. Method: Peel the skin of the lotus root. Cut lotus root into ½ cm thick. Add in the ginger, dried chilli, and the white part of the spring onions.
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