Pork and Lotus Root Patties

Yes, it's possible to eat lotus root and not just in soup! When you cook it, it has a sweet flavour and crispy texture.
Probably not the best looking picture in the world since it's just meat patties but the flavour and texture is pretty awesome.

This is one of those rare recipes that I will use volume rather then weight for measurements.
I also like to make big batches of this and then freeze them in dinner size batch to make it an easy meal later.

I use minced pork butt or a mixture of pork butt and pork shoulder for this recipe if I want to go leaner.

Pork and Lotus Root Patties

Ingredients

• 2lbs boneless pork butt
• 1lb pork shoulder
• 3 big pieces of lotus root
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 3 tbsp sugar

Directions

1. First, remove the skin from the pork shoulder. Cube up the pork butt and pork shoulder into smaller pieces.
2. Mix the meat together and use your grinder or food processor to mince the meat.
3. While the meat is mixing, scrape off the outer skin of the lotus root with the back of a knife. It'll be all nice and white like the picture below when it's done.
4. Cut off the ends of the lotus root.
5. Cut off the lotus root into long pieces that will fit into the food processor's opening.
   
6. Use the blade option to slice the lotus root thinly. Or you can use the shredding option as well. Both will work fine.
7. Now that you have everything in pieces, you can start mixing everything together. In a big bowl or several big bowls, add the meat, lotus root, soy sauce and sugar together.
   The minimum ratio I would suggest is 1:1 volume for meat:lotus root (as shown in the picture to the right
   
   with a container). I would even go as far as 1:1.5 ratio for meat:lotus root so the crunchy texture will come out even more! So having said that, you may  not need to use all the meat you grounded up. But that's ok cause you can use it later for something else. Any left over meat, wrap and freeze or refrigerate for later use or just cook it right away.
8. Once everything is mixed up, you can pan fry them up to eat right away, or package it up and freeze it for an easy meal on a different day.

Categories: Lotus Root, Pork