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Stir-Fry Lotus Root

Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Keyword chinese, lotus root
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

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