Lotus Leaf Meat
Cooked wheat gluten is sliced, marinated, and deep-fried, then tossed with toasted rice flour, wrapped in lotus leaves, and steamed.
Ingredients
cooked wheat gluten
250 g
fresh lotus leaves
3
rice
100 g
ground star anise
0.2 g
ground cinnamon
0.2 g
MSG
2.5 g
minced ginger
1 g
white stock
250 g
soy sauce
100 g
sesame oil (about 100 g used)
500 g
sugar
25 g
sweet bean paste
5 g
Instructions
1
Prepare the rice flour and gluten
Wash the rice clean, grind it into rice flour, place in a wok over low heat and dry-fry until a deep golden color. Cut the cooked gluten into strips 6 cm long, 0.6 cm wide, and 3.5 cm thick, squeeze out excess water, mix well with 60 g soy sauce to marinate, then take out and squeeze lightly to remove some moisture, and deep-fry in hot oil until pale yellow.
2
Make the sauce
Heat 25 g sesame oil in a wok to 70% hot, add the minced ginger and fry until fragrant, then add 40 g soy sauce, 25 g sugar, 2.5 g MSG, the white stock……
