Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lotus root dumplings (clear soup version). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Ladle into serving bowls, sprinkle in some chopped green onion and it's done. Rehydrate the tree ear and cut them into thin strips. This is the sister recipe of "Lotus root dumplings (in clear soup)". The key is to put just a little bit of grated ginger (including the juice), but if you use too much, it will be too strong so watch out (you can use grated ginger from a tube).
Lotus Root Dumplings (Clear Soup Version) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Lotus Root Dumplings (Clear Soup Version) is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook lotus root dumplings (clear soup version) using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Lotus Root Dumplings (Clear Soup Version):
- Make ready 1 section Lotus root
- Get 2 Fresh shiitake mushrooms
- Get 2 tbsp ●Katakuriko
- Prepare 2 tsp ●Sake
- Make ready 1 tsp ●Soy sauce
- Get 1 pinch ●Salt
- Take 1 dash ●Pepper
- Prepare 1 dash ●Ginger (grated, including the juice)
- Take 500 ml Dashi stock (kombu or shiitake mushroom based dashi, or dashi stock granules)
- Take 1 tsp ■Beet sugar (or white sugar)
- Take 1 pinch ■Salt
- Get 1 tsp ■Mirin
- Take 1 tbsp ■Soy sauce
- Make ready 1 Green onions (finely sliced)
The taste is unique due to the combination of ingredients. It is also a healthy soup which only involves a few components. Bring it to boil, and then immediately turn it to down to a slow simmer. The combination of lotus root with pork ribs and peanuts is a classic Chinese soup.
Instructions to make Lotus Root Dumplings (Clear Soup Version):
- Chop the shiitake mushrooms finely. If you are not a vegetarian, you can use 50 g of peeled and chopped shrimp instead.
- Peel the lotus root, cut into half lengthwise and soak in water with a little vinegar (about 1 teaspoon of vinegar with enough water to cover the lotus root) to get rid of the astringency.
- Grate the soaked lotus root and squeeze it out lightly to eliminate some of the moisture. Add the shiitake mushrooms or shrimp from Step 1 to the grated lotus root in a bowl.
- Add the seasoning ingredients to Step 3, and knead gently with your hands to bring everything together. Taste and adjust the seasonings (you can add a little sugar at this point.) If you are not a vegetarian, add 1/2 of an egg white to make the dumplings light and fluffy.
- When the flavor is to your taste, form the mixture into about ping-pong sized dumplings. I could make 8 to 9 dumplings with these ingredients.
- Wrap up each dumpling in a piece of plastic wrap. Twist the ends tightly.
- Microwave the wrapped dumplings from Step 6 for 2 minutes, then take off the plastic. Your chewy lotus root dumplings are done!
- Make the clear soup: Add the flavoring ingredients to 500 ml of dashi (make the dashi stock with kombu and shiitake mushrooms, or use dashi stock granules.)
- Heat up the Step 8 mixture, add the Step 7 lotus root dumplings and bring to a boil (don't heat for too long). Ladle into serving bowls, sprinkle in some chopped green onion and it's done.
Bring it to boil, and then immediately turn it to down to a slow simmer. The combination of lotus root with pork ribs and peanuts is a classic Chinese soup. In Cantonese, we call lotus root soup ling ngau tong (莲藕汤). These are vegetable gyoza dumplings made with lotus root. Minced lotus root adds a crunchy texture to this dish.
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