Chinese Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go)
Chinese Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go)

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Chinese Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Chinese Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go) is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

This savory turnip cake (sometimes called radish) lo bak go is a very traditional dish often served at dim sum houses, and when I was a kid, it always showed up on the table on Chinese New Year's Day. As a result, it's been etched in my mind as a wonderfully delicious tradition. Learn how to make extra tender and flavorful Chinese turnip cakes that are loaded with goodies. They taste way better than the restaurant version.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook 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):
  1. Make ready 500 g chinese turnip or daikon radish, grated
  2. Take 1 cup water
  3. Get Oil
  4. Make ready 1 tbsp dried shrimp, washed, soaked and chopped
  5. Take 3-5 dried chinese black mushroom, washed, soaked and chopped
  6. Get 1 chinese sausage, diced
  7. Prepare 1 slice char sew pork, diced
  8. Prepare 1 spring onion, chopped
  9. Make ready 1 cup rice flour
  10. Make ready 1 tbsp corn starch
  11. Make ready Salt, sugar, pepper
  12. Prepare Oyster sauce for dipping (optional)

Also, pan fried turnip cake is often served in Chinese dim sum restaurants for breakfast. Besides, turnip cake is mainly made from radish and rice flour. It also called radish cake, white carrot cake or in Chinese named lo bak go (蘿蔔糕). Lo Bak Go, the Chinese turnip cake or white radish cake, is one of the most popular dim sum dishes around the world.

Instructions to make Chinese Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go):
  1. Grate the turnip use largest holes on a box grater.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Pour everything including the liquid into a large mixing bowl to cool.
  5. Heat the pan over medium heat and add 2 tbsp oil. Add dried shrimp, mushroom, sausage, char sew and cook for about 5 minutes.
  6. Stir in chopped spring onion and remove from the heat to cool.
  7. Add rica flour, cornstarch, salt, sugar, pepper to the mixing bowl with the radish and cooking liquid.
  8. Mix well until dry ingredients are well incorporated.
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Use a sharp knife dipped in water to slice 1/2 inch thick pieces.
  13. 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.
  14. Enjoy
  15. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

It also called radish cake, white carrot cake or in Chinese named lo bak go (蘿蔔糕). Lo Bak Go, the Chinese turnip cake or white radish cake, is one of the most popular dim sum dishes around the world. Lo Bak means radish and Go refers to cake, just like in Ma Lai Go. The cake originated in the Chao Shan area in Guangdong, Southern China. Turnip Cake or (Lo Bak Go 萝卜糕), is a savory cake like food dish that can be commonly found all over Asia.

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