Sweet and Sour Sweet Potato and Lotus Root

• 1 Japanese sweet potato
• 10 cm Lotus root
• 1 cut Chicken (thigh or breast)
• 1 Broccoli (optional)
• 150 ml *Water
• 2 tbsp *Sake
• 3 tbsp *Soy sauce
• 2 tbsp *Mirin
• 1 and 1/2 tablespoon *Sugar
• 1 Katakuriko
• 1 Salt and pepper

1. Chop sweet potatoes into thin slices and soak in water.
2. Repeat the same for the lotus root.
3. Coat the drained sweet potato and lotus root slices in katakuriko.
4. Let them sit a while until the katakuriko blends in.
5. Coat the drained sweet potato and lotus root slices in katakuriko.
6. Let them sit a while until the katakuriko blends in.
7. Deep fry the ingredients in oil heated to 160C.
8. Since they tend to stick, it's best to fry them a little at a time.
9. Allow them to cool down once deep fried.
10. Put all seasoning ingredients marked with a *into a frying pan and simmer.
11. Although it's already tasty at this stage, add sweet potatoes, lotus root, and chicken to the frying pan and coat in sauce.
12. Mix in broccoli to taste... then serve!

potato, lotus root, chicken, broccoli, water, mirin, sugar, katakuriko, salt

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/145632-sweet-and-sour-sweet-potato-and-lotus-root (may not work)