My lotus root never stir-fried meat, and these three secret recipes have a more unique taste, which is delicious and goes well with rice

1. Spicy lotus root slices

【Ingredients preparation】Lotus root, green onion, ginger, garlic, Sichuan pepper, green and red pepper, dried chili, Pixian bean paste, light soy sauce, sugar, five-spice powder

【Steps】

1. Wash the lotus root and cut off the knots at both ends with a knife, and peel off the skin with a paring knife.

2. Cut the lotus root into thin slices with a thickness of about 2 mm and put it on a plate for later use. Then cut the garlic into cubes, cut the green onion into sections, slice the ginger, and cut the green and red peppers into sections for later use.

3. Add water to the pot and boil, put the lotus root slices into the boiling water and blanch them for about two minutes.

4. Pour oil into the pan, put the blanched lotus root slices into the pan in turn, fry until the surface color turns yellow, all sides are yellow, and use chopsticks to clip it out and put it on the plate for later use.

5. Pour an appropriate amount of oil into the wok, cook over low heat until slightly hot, add peppercorns and dried red peppers, fry until the surface changes color and exudes fragrance, and then pour in green onions, ginger, garlic, green and red peppers to also fry the fragrance.

6. After all the ingredients are almost fried, pour in the Pixian bean paste and fry evenly, finally pour in the previously fried lotus root slices, stir-fry until the surface of the lotus root slices is evenly coated with red oil, and finally add 1 spoon of light soy sauce, 1 spoon of sugar, and an appropriate amount of five-spice powder, continue to stir-fry evenly, and put it on a plate.

2. Sweet and sour lotus root

【Preparing ingredients】

Lotus root, carrot, green onion, garlic, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, vinegar

【Steps】

1. Wash and peel the lotus root, then cut it into diced lotus root and rinse it twice in clean water, and be sure to wash the mud in the hole.

2. Boil water in a pot and blanch the washed lotus root cubes in boiling water for 2 minutes. If you like a crispy texture, the blanching time is shorter, and if you like soft and glutinous, blanch for a longer time. Cut the carrots into cubes and blanch them in boiling water until they break off.

3. Pour some oil into the pot, add the chopped green onion and garlic in advance and stir-fry until fragrant.

4. Pour the diced lotus root and carrots into the pot and stir-fry until the surface color turns slightly yellow.

5. Pour in the prepared sweet and sour sauce, 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, 3 tablespoons of sugar, 4 tablespoons of vinegar, pour in the sweet and sour sauce, stir-fry the sweet and sour sauce until it is viscous until all the ingredients are coated with sweet and sour sauce.

3. Braised lotus root pills

【Ingredients preparation】Meat filling, lotus root, carrot, green pepper, green onion, ginger, garlic, egg white, cooking wine, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, five-spice powder, Sichuan pepper powder, oil.

【Steps】

1. After peeling the lotus root, cut it into as small dices as possible, then chop it as fine as possible with a knife, and put it in a large bowl for later use.

2. Add the pork filling, then cut some minced green onion and ginger, and put all the minced green onion and ginger into the lotus root and meat filling.

3. Cut some carrots and green peppers as a side dish, then cut some green onions and garlic cubes.

4. Add 1 egg white, 1 tablespoon of cooking wine, 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon of sugar, sprinkle with five-spice powder and Sichuan pepper powder, add some cooking oil, and finally add 2 tablespoons of starch and 2 tablespoons of flour. After grasping and mixing evenly, stir the lotus root filling in one direction to make the filling stronger.

5. After the filling is adjusted, squeeze out the lotus root balls with the tiger's mouth of one hand, scrape the lotus root balls with a spoon with the other hand, and fry them directly in the hot oil pan.

6. Fry until the surface is golden, take it out with a colander, control the oil, and put it on a plate for later use.

7. Add 2 tablespoons of tomato paste, 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of sugar to a bowl, add an appropriate amount of water and stir well. Add another scoop of starch and stir until there are no starch granules.

8. Heat oil in a pot, add green onion and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, add the seasoned sauce, boil until the sauce is thick, add carrot slices and green pepper cubes. Finally, add the fried lotus root balls, stir-fry them, and let the meatballs evenly coat the top with sauce.