Step-by-Step Guide to Make Thomas Keller Chinese Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go)
by Brian Ruiz
Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, chinese turnip cake (lo bak go). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chinese Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Chinese Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go) is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chinese turnip cake (lo bak go) using 12 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chinese Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go):
Take 500 g chinese turnip or daikon radish, grated
Take 1 cup water
Prepare Oil
Make ready 1 tbsp dried shrimp, washed, soaked and chopped
Make ready 3-5 dried chinese black mushroom, washed, soaked and chopped
Make ready 1 chinese sausage, diced
Take 1 slice char sew pork, diced
Make ready 1 spring onion, chopped
Get 1 cup rice flour
Get 1 tbsp corn starch
Prepare Salt, sugar, pepper
Make ready Oyster sauce for dipping (optional)
Steps to make Chinese Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go):
Grate the turnip use largest holes on a box grater.
Add grated turnip and water to a wok and bring to a simmer. Simmer about 10 minutes, stirring occasionaly so the turnip does not brown.
The turnip will produce liquid, some of which will evaporate. Cook it until you have about 3/4 cup liquid left in the pan with the radish.
Pour everything including the liquid into a large mixing bowl to cool.
Heat the pan over medium heat and add 2 tbsp oil. Add dried shrimp, mushroom, sausage, char sew and cook for about 5 minutes.
Stir in chopped spring onion and remove from the heat to cool.
Add rica flour, cornstarch, salt, sugar, pepper to the mixing bowl with the radish and cooking liquid.
Mix well until dry ingredients are well incorporated.
Add in the cooked shrimp, mushroom and sausage, and be sure to scrape the oil from the pan into the batter. Mix well and let sit for 15 minutes
Give the batter a final stir and pour it into a well, oiled loaf pan. Place the pan into a steamer with plenty of water and steam it into medium heat for 50 minutes.
Remove the pan from the steamer and let your turnip cake set for about 30 minutes. Once cooled, loosen the sides with spatula and turn it out into the chopping board.
Use a sharp knife dipped in water to slice 1/2 inch thick pieces.
Add 2 tbsp oil to a non stick pan over medium heat. Fry the cake of both sides until golden and crispy. Serve with oyster sauce.
Enjoy
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