The easiest way to cook lotus roots
Stir-Fry Lotus Root
Equipment
- Large frying pan or wok
Ingredients
- 500g lotus root
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 cm ginger
- 3-4 spring onions, chopped
- 1/4 cup chinese mushrooms (rehydrated)
- 2 Tablesp sesame oil
- 2 Tablesp vegetable oil
- 2 Tablesp rice wine
- 1 Tablesp soya sauce
- 1/2 cup coriander leaves
Instructions
- Prepare lotus root by peeling off skin. Then slice the root finely (discard the ends)
- Slice garlic cloves and ginger into thin matchsticks
- Place soy sauce, rice wine, sesame oil into a small mixing bowl and mix well
- In a large fry pan or wok, add ½ oil and heat over high heat. Once hot, add sliced ginger, garlic, mushrooms and onions to the fry pan and do a quick stir fry. Once garlic and ginger start to brown, remove the mix from the fry pan and set aside for later
- Add remaining oil to the fry pan and then sliced lotus roots. Stir fry lotus roots for about 1-2 minutes and then flip over to fry the other side to golden brown as well
- Add soya sauce/rice wine mixture to the fry pan. Keep moving the lotus roots, so the sauce fully covers them
- Once liquid is all absorbed, add stir fried ginger, garlic and mushrooms back into the fry pan. Toss lotus roots together with stir fried ginger, garlic and chilli for about 1 minute
- .Remove and place on a serving plate. Wash and roughly chop coriander. and scatter over the serving plate
Where to buy lotus root?
The best place to buy lotus roots would be your Asian grocery stores. You can purchase lotus roots in three forms – fresh, frozen and dried. Here in Melbourne, I get mine fresh from Preston Market.