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How to make the best lotus root box?

1. Ingredients: right amount of meat stuffing, right amount of lotus root, right amount of salt, right amount of black pepper, right amount of eggs, right amount of flour, right amount of vegetable oil. Add the right amount of black pepper, salt and an egg to the pork stuffing and stir well in one direction. Cut off the outer skin of the lotus root and clean it, and then cut it into slices. The first knife should not be cut to the end, and the second knife should be cut to the end. This happens to form a lotus root box. Put the meat stuffing in the middle of the two pieces of lotus root and press it flat.

2. Chop pork into mashed meat and mix in chopped onions, minced ginger, soy sauce, wine, salt and sesame oil. Stir in the same direction with chopsticks and set aside. Open the cut lotus root slices and stuff them with meat stuffing. Flour, add 1g baking powder and water to make batter. The consistency of the batter can be naturally dripped with chopsticks. The lotus root box is covered with meat stuffing. Pour wide oil into the pan. When the oil is 80% hot, put it into the pan.

3. Four fried lotus root boxes, fried batter, right amount of soy sauce, right amount of vinegar, right amount of salt. The fried lotus root box is cut into four pieces, and the one on the right is fried batter. Cooking at home is a principle of "resolutely not to waste" and fry the excess batter. Boil the water. After the water boils, add the chopped deep-fried lotus root box. Pour in, soy sauce and vinegar salt. Add vinegar according to your personal preference. Because the fried lotus root box is more oily, the vinegar happens to be tired.

4, vegetable lotus root box preparation ingredients: lotus root, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, tofu, flour, starch, salt, chicken essence, oil. Cut lotus root, shiitake mushrooms, carrots and tofu into small pieces and set aside. Mix flour, starch, salt and chicken essence, add proper amount of water and stir to make batter. Put the chopped lotus root, shiitake mushrooms, carrots and tofu into the batter and mix well.

5. Half jin of meat stuffing, 2 roots of lotus root, 3 teaspoons of salt, right amount of various seasonings. Step: put the right amount of cooking wine in the meat stuffing, stir it up, and when it has been stirred evenly, add some side dishes, keep stirring, stir well and slice the washed lotus root. Set aside.

The method of frying lotus root box in air fryer

1, air fry lotus root box material: lotus root pork stuffing 200g onion, ginger and garlic right amount of salt, chicken essence, cooking wine, light soy sauce, soy sauce, pepper right amount of bread bran right amount of eggs 1 step: peel lotus root, cut into thin slices, marinate with salt for 10 minutes, remove moisture from lotus root slices. Add minced pork stuffing with onion, ginger and garlic, salt, chicken essence, cooking wine, light soy sauce, soy sauce, pepper and starch. Stir well.

2. Put the flour, starch, a small amount of baking powder and a small amount of yeast in a large bowl, pour in some water and stir into a paste and let stand for 20 minutes. Add minced ginger, chopped onion, salt, light soy sauce and sesame oil to the meat stuffing. Stir well. Wash and peel the lotus root and cut it into slices of about 5mm. You can't cut off every two pieces. Add the right amount of meat stuffing to two slices of lotus root and gently flatten it with chopsticks to make the meat stuffing even.

3. Prepare stuffing: the stuffing of fried lotus root box can be prepared according to individual taste, such as pork stuffing, shrimp stuffing or mixed vegetable stuffing. No matter which stuffing you choose, make sure the stuffing is seasoned properly, adding the right amount of salt, soy sauce, pepper, spring onion and ginger water, as well as some starch to help the stuffing stick.

How to deep-fry lotus root box with crisp and tender inside

1. Secondly, high-temperature frying is the key. Control the oil temperature at 180 °C and quickly put the lotus root box into the oil pan to make its skin crisp instantly. But be careful not to fry for too long, lest the interior is too dry, usually 3 to 4 minutes. After frying, drain the excess grease with oil-absorbing paper, which can not only keep the crust crisp, but also avoid greasy feeling. After the oil is drained, the lotus root box is cut into palatable blocks, which is easy to eat and easier to taste.

2. Control oil temperature: oil temperature control is very important when frying lotus root box. If the oil temperature is too low, the lotus root box will absorb oil and become greasy; if the oil temperature is too high, the outer skin is easy to be scorched and the inside is not ripe. The general oil temperature should be controlled at about 160-180 degrees Celsius. Before putting into the pot, you can put in a small piece of batter to test the oil temperature. If the batter floats quickly and there are small bubbles around it, the oil temperature is appropriate. Frying skills: when putting the lotus root box into the pot, turn it gently to avoid batter falling off.

3. Wrap the lotus root box in batter and deep-fry it in oil for 3 minutes.

4. Secondly, the preparation paste is the key to crisp fried lotus root box. You can use flour, starch, eggs, water or beer to make a paste. Among them, adding a small amount of beer can make the fried matter more crisp. When preparing, we should pay attention to the consistency of the paste, neither too thick to affect the taste, nor too thin to hang lotus root slices. In addition, the oil temperature control during frying is also very important. Too high oil temperature will lead to external coke, while too low oil temperature will make the lotus root box absorb too much oil and become greasy.

5. In the process of frying, the impurities in the pot should be removed in time to keep the oil clean and avoid the influence of oil fume and impurities on the color and taste of the lotus root box. Edible: fried lotus root box had better be fried and eaten right away, so it tastes best. If it needs to be preserved, it should be kept in a ventilated and dry place to avoid softening the lotus root box caused by moisture. Through the grasp of the above details, the taste of the fried lotus root box can be greatly improved, making it tender outside, delicious meat stuffing, and become a popular delicacy.