Korean
Yeongeun-jorim (Braised Lotus Root)
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Yeongeun-jorim (Braised Lotus Root) is Korean home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Peel the lotus root and slice it into thin rounds, dropping them into vinegared water as you go to keep them from browning.
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Blanch the slices 3 minutes, then drain.
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Combine the water, soy sauce, sugar, and rice vinegar in a pan and bring to a simmer.
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Add the lotus root and simmer 15 minutes until tender and the liquid reduces by half.
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Stir in the rice syrup and sesame oil, scatter with sesame seeds, and cool slightly before serving.
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Serve it with
A Korean dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Yeongeun-jorim (Braised Lotus Root), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Yeongeun-jorim (Braised Lotus Root) carries gluten, soy, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Baechu Kimchi (Napa Cabbage Kimchi) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Baechu Kimchi (Napa Cabbage Kimchi) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | Yes | Baechu Kimchi (Napa Cabbage Kimchi) |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 100 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 19 g
- Fat
- 1 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 7 g
- Sodium
- 720 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Yeongeun-jorim (Braised Lotus Root) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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