Fried Agastache Tips

Name: Fried Agastache Tips
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 250 g Fresh agastache tips (washed with 60°C hot water); 20 g Flour; 5 g Sourdough starter; 5 g Fine salt (for marinating); 10 g Vegetable oil (for making the crisp batter); 100 g Peanut oil (for frying)

A classic Shandong (Lu) cuisine dish featuring fresh agastache tips coated in a light batter and deep-fried until golden, crisp, and fragrant.

20 min

Easy

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Ingredients

Fresh agastache tips (washed with 60°C hot water) 250 g

Flour 20 g

Sourdough starter 5 g

Fine salt (for marinating) 5 g

Vegetable oil (for making the crisp batter) 10 g

Peanut oil (for frying) 100 g

Instructions

Marinate the agastache

Take the fresh agastache tips, wash them with 60°C hot water, and briefly marinate them with fine salt.

Prepare the crisp batter

Place the flour in a bowl, add the sourdough starter and mix well with warm water, then stir in the vegetable oil. Let it rest for 5 minutes until it becomes a thin batter — this is the crisp batter.

Fry

Pour oil into a wok and heat over medium heat until it reaches about 70% hot (roughly 175°C). Coat the agastache tips evenly with the crisp batter, lower them into the oil, and fry until golden. Remove and drain.