Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

For this simple and tasty cn Substitute canned lotus
-dish, use fresh lotus root -root, though it is less
-if available. You -crisp and sweet.

------------------------INGREDIENTS-----------------------------
1 lb Lotus root 1/2 lb Pork butt
2 sl Fresh ginger root 1 T Peanut oil
2 T Sugar 3 T Water
1 T Thin soy sauce 2 T White vinegar
Cornstarch paste

Place pork ginger in boiling water: simmer for 30 minutes. Immedi-
ately transfer pork to bowl of iced water to cool for another 30
minutes. Slice pork with the grain in 2" strips. Wash peel fresh
lotus root. Slice crosswise into 1/4" pieces. Blanch for 10 minutes
in same water used for pork; drain in cold water. Arrange lotus root
in circle of overlapping slices on round serving plate; mound pork in
center. Cover reserve. In wok or saucepan, heat oil to medium hot.
Add sugar, water, soy sauce vinegar. Stir until sugar is
dissolved, then add cornstarch paste to make light sauce. Cook
briefly. Pour sauce over lotus root pork. Allow to marinate for at
least 15 minutes before serving. Serve slightly warm.

Submitted By EARL SHELSBY On 02-04-95

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