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Lotus Root Stir-fry: A Quick & Easy Recipe - The Woks of Life
Simple stir-fried lotus root is hard to beat as a vegetable side dish. If you haven't tried it, you're missing out––give this lotus root stir fry recipe a try!
Lotus Root & Pork Soup
Pork and lotus root soup with give your Qi a boost! Lotus root and pork soup is a simple, yet nourishing soup made with healthy lotus root and goji berries
Crispy Stuffed Lotus Root with Pork (炸藕盒)
We've been waiting for Chinese New Year to make this crispy stuffed lotus root recipe. These tasty little fried meat sandwiches made with lotus root stuffed with pork are deliciously savory, crispy, and crunchy.
Braised lotus roots (Yeon-geun-jorim: 연근조림)
Today's recipe is for braised lotus roots (yeon-geun-jorim: 연근조림), something that my readers and viewers have been requesting for years! The roots taste somewhere between a potato and a radish, and braising them (cooking at low heat in sauce) like this makes for a sweet, salty, and chewy side...
How to Make Lotus Seed Paste
Find out how to make authentic lotus seed paste for mooncakes, sesame balls, steamed buns, and other Chinese pastries, using just 4 simple ingredients.
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Burdock Root
In Japanese cookery, burdock is an all-purpose vegetable that's added to stews, stir-fried, and pickled. With a crunchy texture, burdock has a sweet flavor that's similar to lotus root.
Dim Sum Sticky Rice Lotus Leaf Wraps (Lo Mai Gai)
Dim Sum Sticky Rice Lotus Leaf Wraps are a dim sum favorite, with steamed sticky rice, mushrooms, and chicken in fragrant lotus leaves.
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Leaf-Wrapped Winter Squash With Pork and Shiitakes
Each of these lotus-leaf packages (or parchment packages, if that's what you have) is filled with a fragrant and delicious mix of winter squash, ground pork, shiitake mushrooms, soy sauce, garlic, and more.
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Sautéed Root Vegetables With Soy Sauce and Honey
Quick sautéed root vegetables flavored with honey, soy sauce, and sesame oil, tossed with some fresh shiso leaves for a hearty but light-tasting side dish.
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Light and Tender Chinese Lotus Seed Buns
Fluffy and sweet, lotus seed buns are a popular treat at Chinese bakeries. As the name implies, they're flavored with a paste made from lotus flower seeds, which have a light, chestnut-like flavor. This recipe for homemade buns has been perfected to work with either low-gluten flour, or all-purpose. Hot from the steamer, they're a confection not to be missed. The only thing that could make them even better is a cup of bubble tea.
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Whether it's stir-fried, boiled, braised, steamed, or deep-fried, lotus root remains crisp yet tender, with a creamy and starchy texture that's similar to taro root. Lotus seeds can be boiled and added to dessert soups or ground to make lotus seed paste, a common ingredient in sweets like mooncakes and daifuku.
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Lotus Root Stir-fry: A Quick & Easy Recipe - The Woks of Life
Simple stir-fried lotus root is hard to beat as a vegetable side dish. If you haven't tried it, you're missing out––give this lotus root stir fry recipe a try!
Crispy Stuffed Lotus Root with Pork (炸藕盒)
We've been waiting for Chinese New Year to make this crispy stuffed lotus root recipe. These tasty little fried meat sandwiches made with lotus root stuffed with pork are deliciously savory, crispy, and crunchy.
Braised lotus roots (Yeon-geun-jorim: 연근조림)
Today's recipe is for braised lotus roots (yeon-geun-jorim: 연근조림), something that my readers and viewers have been requesting for years! The roots taste somewhere between a potato and a radish, and braising them (cooking at low heat in sauce) like this makes for a sweet, salty, and chewy side...
Lotus Root & Pork Soup
Pork and lotus root soup with give your Qi a boost! Lotus root and pork soup is a simple, yet nourishing soup made with healthy lotus root and goji berries
How to Make Lotus Seed Paste
Find out how to make authentic lotus seed paste for mooncakes, sesame balls, steamed buns, and other Chinese pastries, using just 4 simple ingredients.
Dim Sum Sticky Rice Lotus Leaf Wraps (Lo Mai Gai)
Dim Sum Sticky Rice Lotus Leaf Wraps are a dim sum favorite, with steamed sticky rice, mushrooms, and chicken in fragrant lotus leaves.
Light and Tender Chinese Lotus Seed Buns
Fluffy and sweet, lotus seed buns are a popular treat at Chinese bakeries. As the name implies, they're flavored with a paste made from lotus flower seeds, which have a light, chestnut-like flavor. This recipe for homemade buns has been perfected to work with either low-gluten flour, or all-purpose. Hot from the steamer, they're a confection not to be missed. The only thing that could make them even better is a cup of bubble tea.
Burdock Root
In Japanese cookery, burdock is an all-purpose vegetable that's added to stews, stir-fried, and pickled. With a crunchy texture, burdock has a sweet flavor that's similar to lotus root.
Sautéed Root Vegetables With Soy Sauce and Honey
Quick sautéed root vegetables flavored with honey, soy sauce, and sesame oil, tossed with some fresh shiso leaves for a hearty but light-tasting side dish.
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Vietnamese Citrus and Noodle Salad With Fresh Herbs and Fried Yuba (Tofu Skin)
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