【Hubei】Sweet and sour lotus root balls

Overview

There is nothing particular about the lotus root when making lotus root balls, but the lotus root must be ground finely, so in many cases, a spatula is used to grind it into a fine powder, then filter out some juice, add minced meat and ginger, mix them together, and finally add salt and other seasonings. After preparing the filling, roll it into balls and fry them in a pot until cooked. Fried lotus root balls can be eaten directly with sauce or stir-fried with other ingredients, which is very convenient. Almost every household in Hubei will prepare some lotus root balls during the Spring Festival. When entertaining guests, they can be re-fried and heated or wrapped in sweet and sour sauce and fried to eat. They are both very good dishes for entertaining guests.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• chinese banquet
• good looks
• broccoli
• lotus root
• minced pork
• oil
• sugar
• vinegar
• wolfberry
• ginger
• green onions
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Remove the outer skin of the lotus root and cut it into small pieces. Use a spatula to rub it into powder and filter out most of the water;

   

2. 2 Then rub the peeled ginger into powder;

   

3. 3 Add salt, pepper, green onions and other seasonings to the prepared lotus root and mix well;

   

4. 4 Add salt, pepper, cooking wine and other seasonings to the minced meat, stir well in one direction and marinate for ten minutes;

   

5. 5 Put the marinated minced meat into the minced lotus root, and stir evenly in the same direction;

   

6. 6 Scoop out a small spoonful and put it in your hands to form a ball,

   

7. 7 Knead everything else into a ball and put it on the chopping board;

   

8. 8 Heat the oil pan until it is 50% or 60% hot, then put it into the pan and fry; fry until cooked and take it out;

   

9. 9 Increase the oil temperature over high heat, add the lotus root balls and fry until golden brown, then remove and drain the oil;

   

10. 10 Prepare sweet and sour sauce: 3 parts sugar, 2 parts vinegar, 1 part water, mix well;

    

11. 11 . Boil water in a pot, add a few drops of oil and an appropriate amount of salt, add broccoli and blanch it;

    

12. 12 After the broccoli changes color, take it out and surround it on a plate;

    

13. 13 Leave a little oil in the pot, add the fried lotus root balls and stir-fry;

    

14. 14 . Stir-fry for a few times and then add the prepared sweet and sour sauce and stir-fry;

    

15. 15 Stir-fry for a few times and let the sweet and sour sauce evenly coat the lotus root balls, then add the broccoli and sprinkle some wolfberries on the surface.

    

16. 16 It's served.