How to choose good meat
First of all, in order to have a delicious lotus leaf meatloaf, you need to choose good meat. When looking at the meat from the outside, it must be fresh and pink without any discoloration. At the same time, when you check the elasticity of the meat, this part of the meat must have good elasticity without being soft or flabby.
Furthermore, you can check the aroma of the meat. Meats with a fresh aroma will not have any unpleasant smells. You can choose this type of meat to make lotus leaf meatloaf. On the contrary, if you smell a strange or unpleasant odor from the meat, you should avoid buying it to prevent any potential illnesses.
Here is the recipe for frying delicious green lotus leaf meatloaf.
Ingredients for making lotus leaf meatloaf: 300 grams of shoulder or buttock meat
Spices: Fish sauce, pepper, purple onion, oyster sauce. Lotus leaves (choose large leaves, not torn or too old).
Instructions for frying delicious green lotus leaf meatloaf:
Step 1: First, you need to mince or grind the meat. Take some lotus leaves, purple onion finely chopped and mix them with the meat. Add some fish sauce, pepper, and oyster sauce, then marinate for about 10 minutes.
Step 2: While waiting for the meat to absorb the spices, wash the lotus leaves, blanch them in boiling water for a few seconds, then remove and put them in cold water, then pat dry them. This step determines the green color of the lotus leaf meatloaf.
Step 3: Roll the meatloaf: To have a beautiful meatloaf, fold two edges of the lotus leaf, put the meat inside and roll it up. You can skewer the meatloaf for easy frying and to prevent the lotus leaf from falling apart.
Step 4: Fry the lotus leaf meatloaf
First, you need to clean the pan and dry it before frying. Then pour cooking oil into the pan and let the oil heat up. Start gently placing each piece of lotus leaf meatloaf into the pan for frying. While frying, you need to cook all sides evenly, without allowing the lotus leaf to burn or become too dull in color, which would make your lotus leaf meatloaf less appealing.
Step 5: After the lotus leaf meatloaf is cooked evenly from inside to outside, you can take it out and start enjoying it with your family members.
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