Chinese-Style Addictive Lotus Root
Translated from Japanese, the language of the video.
Hirochi🧑🍳ひろち cooked this in a TikTok video, in Japanese. SeeMeCook wrote it up from the video as a full recipe, translated it into English, and added ingredient weights and nutrition.
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A quick, no-stovetop lotus root side dish made by microwaving thinly sliced lotus root with mushrooms and carrot, then marinating it in a savory-sweet Chinese-style dressing. It is intended as a make-ahead dish served with warm rice.
- Time
- 2 hours 19 minutes
- Equipment
- Oven and microwave
- Good for
- Lunch, dinner, or snacks
- Cuisine
- East Asian
- Contains
- Gluten, sesame, and soy
- Diet
- Vegan
Diet and allergen details are read from the ingredient names and are not certified.
Ingredients
- 1 kg
- 8 g
- 14 g
- 30 g
- 15 g
- 13 g
- 3 g
Weights are estimates. Together, the ingredients weigh about 1.56 kg before cooking, which is about 390 g per serving.
Steps
Peel the lotus root. Using a slicer or mandoline, cut it into thin round slices approximately 2 mm thick. Use care when slicing, as the lotus root may be slippery.
Prepare a bowl with 1 liter of water and 1/2 tablespoon of vinegar. Add the sliced lotus root and soak it for 5 minutes to remove excess starch and bitterness. Drain well afterward.
While the lotus root soaks, prepare the remaining vegetables. Slice or otherwise divide the mushrooms into bite-size pieces and thinly slice or julienne the carrot.
Place the drained lotus root, mushrooms, carrot, and sesame oil in a microwave-safe heatproof bowl. Toss thoroughly so the oil lightly coats the vegetables.
Microwave the bowl at 600 watts for 4 minutes, or until the lotus root is tender-crisp and the vegetables are heated through. Use oven mitts when removing the hot bowl.
Add the remaining seasonings to the hot vegetables. Because the original transcript does not give their quantities, use the listed soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sugar as a practical estimated dressing, then toss thoroughly until evenly coated.
If using sesame seeds, sprinkle them over the dressed vegetables and mix or reserve them for serving.
Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours so the flavors can absorb and mellow. Serve chilled or allow it to come close to room temperature, alongside warm rice.
Notes
The transcript provides the preparation method, microwave power and time, lotus-root soaking ratio, and a 2-hour marinating time, but it does not state quantities for the lotus root, mushrooms, carrot, sesame oil, or post-microwave seasonings. Those amounts are practical estimates and should be adjusted to taste. Keep refrigerated and use within 3–4 days.
Nutrition
These are estimates per serving, worked out from the ingredients.
- Calories
- 123
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 20 g
- Fat
- 4 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
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