Chinese Stir-Fried Lotus Roots

Full recipe on Feeding Fen

Ingredients

• 1 section of lotus root

• 1 tbsp cooking oil

• 2 tsp ginger

• 2 cloves of garlic

• 1 red chili pepper

• 1 green chili pepper

• 1 tsp salt

• 2 tsp light soy sauce

• Chicken stock

For the Coating

• 1 tbsp potato flour

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 egg

Instructions

• Cut the lotus sections into three equal sized pieces and peal each with a potato peeler. Cut into thin slices, then soak in a bowl full of water from the kettle

• Dice the ginger and garlic, and slice the peppers into three of four pieces

• Place the potato flour, salt and egg into a bowl and mix well. Coat each of the lotus slices

• Heat the oil in the pan and tip in the lotus roots. Fry until the the coating has turned brown and fragrant, then remove from the pan

• Add the garlic, ginger and chilli peppers and fry for about 2 minutes. Add back the lotus roots, as well as the salt, light sauce soy and chicken stock. Mix well, then serve!

bon appetit