Crispy Fried Lotus Root Sandwich
"Crispy golden exterior with a rich, peppery aroma."
Ingredients
pork shoulder
to taste
lotus root
1 segment
Instructions
1
Step 1
Pork shoulder, to taste.
2
Step 2
Rinse, cut into small pieces, and put into the meat grinder.
3
Step 3
Grind into meat filling.
4
Step 4
Chop the green onion into small pieces.
5
Step 5
Grate the ginger.
6
Step 6
Add the green onion and ginger to the meat filling.
7
Step 7
Season with salt, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, and Sichuan pepper powder to taste.
8
Step 8
Stir in one direction until the mixture becomes sticky, then set aside.
9
Step 9
Peel the lotus root and wash it.
10
Step 10
Make the first cut without cutting through, and the second cut to separate.
11
Step 11
Take a lotus root slice and fill it with an appropriate amount of meat filling.
12
Step 12
Prepare all the lotus root sandwiches.
13
Step 13
Flour (2/3), sweet potato starch (1/3), salt to taste, Sichuan pepper powder, and two free-range eggs.
14
Step 14
Add an appropriate amount of water and stir into a thick yogurt-like batter.
15
Step 15
Dip the lotus root sandwiches into the batter.
16
Step 16
Coat both sides evenly with the batter.
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Step 17
Heat an appropriate amount of oil in the pan to about 50% heat. Add the battered lotus root sandwiches one by one.
18
Step 18
Fry until both sides are slightly golden.
19
Step 19
Remove from the oil.
20
Step 20
Fry again for a second time.
21
Step 21
Remove from the oil.
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Step 22
Finished product.
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Step 23
Finished product.
