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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Chinese and Mongolian >> Chinese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Boil about 3 quarts of water in a pot. | 2. Rinse lotus roots with cold water. | 3. Trim and discard both ends of the bulb and peel the skin. | 4. Diagonally cut the root into 1/8 inch thick slices and immediately put them into acidulated (water with some vinegar or lemon juice to prevent discoloring) water. | 5. Drain the roots and put them into the boiling water. | 6. Take pot off heat and cover pot with lid. | 7. Let sit for 5 minutes. | 8. Drain and rinse with cold water. | 9. Pat dry and put in a shallow bowl. | 10. In a bowl, combine soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, chili oil and cilantro. | 11. Pour dressing over lotus roots and garnish with sesame seeds. | 12. Serve chilled. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lotus root	1	lb		335.6588	78.1541	11.7934	0.4536
soy sauce	1 1/2	1/2		12.72	1.1832	1.9536	0.1368
white vinegar	1 1/2	1/2		64.26	0.1428	0.0	0.0
sesame oil	1/2	tablespoon		60.111999999999995	0.0	0.0	6.8
asian chili oil	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cilantro	2	tablespoons	chopped	0.46	0.0734	0.0426	0.0104
black sesame seed			toasted	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.