How to eat water chestnuts and how to peel them

Water chestnut is a traditional Chinese crop, it is the fruit of a perennial aquatic herb. This plant has strong vitality and a particularly high fruit yield. During the three-year natural disaster, most of the relief supplies distributed were water chestnuts. Until now, water chestnuts are still a frequent guest on the table in many areas, but this ingredient needs to remove the outer hard skin before it can be eaten. The following is a detailed introduction to its peeling method and how to eat it. People who like to eat water chestnuts can take a serious look.

How to eat water chestnuts

1. Boil water chestnuts in salt water

Water chestnuts can be eaten after being cooked. Before cooking, you must clean them carefully to remove all the mud and dirt on the surface. Then put them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of 10 rice, add enough clean water, heat and cook, take them out and put them in cold water to cool down. After cooling down, you can remove the shell by gently peeling it with your hands. At this time, you can eat the white flesh inside.

2. Cook water chestnut porridge

Fresh water chestnuts can also be used to cook porridge. When cooking porridge with them, you need to remove the shells of the water chestnuts in advance, then wash them clean, cut them into pieces, then wash the millet clean, put them into the pot together with the cut 09, add water and cook until it becomes porridge. Add a small amount of table salt to season before serving. After seasoning, take it out and eat it. It can strengthen the spleen and stomach and also supplement nutrition.

3. Fried Pork Slices with Water Chestnut

Water chestnuts can also be stir-fried with meat slices, but the shell must be removed before stir-frying. The water chestnut pulp can be cut into slices and the meat slices can be marinated with light soy sauce and cooking wine in advance. Put oil in a wok, add chopped green onions after heating, then put the marinated meat slices into the wok and stir-fry until they change color. Then put the water chestnuts in the wok and stir-fry quickly. Add a small amount of table salt, chicken essence and light soy sauce for seasoning. It can be served after about three minutes of stir-frying.

How to Shell Water Chestnuts

Before eating water chestnuts, you need to remove the shell. When removing the shell, wash the water chestnuts first, then cut it at the bottom with a knife, and the flesh inside should be exposed when cutting. After cutting, stand the water chestnut upright and cut on both sides. At this time, most of the shell has been removed. Then peel off the remaining shell with your hands to get the white water chestnut flesh.