What Are Lotus seeds and How Can I Use Them?
If lotus seeds have turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use them with confidence and how to choose them, cook them, store them, what to substitute, and 3 recipes to try them in.
Quick facts
- In Chinese
- 莲子
- British (UK) term
- Lotus seeds
- en français
- graines de lotus
- en español
- semillas de loto
Recipes using lotus seeds
There are 3 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Lotus Rice
Pressure cooker lotus rice with short grain brown rice, dried lotus seeds, and roasted almonds. A nutty, chewy vegetarian grain dish with a subtle floral quality.
Chicken & Lotus Seed Soup
Traditional Chinese chicken soup with dried lotus seeds, black mushrooms, Smithfield ham, ginger, and sherry, thickened with lotus root powder. A refined, aromatic broth with healing roots.
Duck with Sugar Cane - Vit Tiem Mia
Vit Tiem Mia is a traditional Vietnamese braised duck wrapped in sugar cane, stuffed with peanuts, chestnuts, ginkgo nuts, and lotus seeds, simmered in coconut water until fork-tender.
