How to eat water chestnuts best? What to eat with water chestnuts best

Water chestnut is a unique food in China. It is said that it has appeared and been on people's tables as early as 3,000 years ago. Water chestnut is also called water chestnut. It is the fruit of the aquatic plant water chestnut. The surface is red, purple and green. After it is shelled, the flesh is white and can be eaten by humans. But what is the best way to eat water chestnut? What ingredients can be eaten with it?

How to eat water chestnuts

1. Boil water chestnuts in salt water

There are many different ways to eat water chestnuts, and some people like to eat them directly after removing the shell. However, this way of eating is not conducive to the body's absorption and utilization of its nutrients. It is best to clean the water chestnuts, put them in a pot, add appropriate amount of salt water, and cook them before eating. This will make the taste of the water chestnuts more attractive and help to exert its nutritional effects.

2. Cook water chestnut porridge

It is also very delicious to cook porridge with water chestnuts. When cooking porridge with it, you need to prepare a cup of glutinous rice, 200 grams of water chestnuts, an appropriate amount of water, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar. After washing the glutinous rice, soak it in water for 20 minutes, then add water to the pot and boil it, then turn down the heat and cook for ten minutes, then add brown sugar for seasoning. After removing the shell of the prepared water chestnuts, wash them with water and steam them in a steamer, then cut them into small pieces, put them in the porridge pot and cook them together for five or six minutes, mix them well and take them out before eating.

What to eat with water chestnuts

1. Celery

It is best to eat water chestnuts together with celery, because the flesh of water chestnuts is bland, while water chestnuts have a strong aroma. Frying them together and then eating them can give the water chestnuts a faint fragrance and make their taste more attractive. In addition, both celery and water chestnuts contain ingredients that can promote diuresis and lower blood pressure. Eating them together will make their therapeutic effects more outstanding.

2. Spare ribs

Water chestnuts are usually eaten together with spare ribs, and the effect is particularly good. They are tender and have a strong oil absorption function. When stewed with spare ribs, they can absorb the fat of the spare ribs, making the spare rib soup refreshing and delicious, not greasy. Moreover, after absorbing a lot of fat, water chestnuts will have a light meaty aroma, which tastes particularly good.