Can Tianshan Yacon be eaten raw? How to eat Tianshan Yacon best?

Tianshan Yacon is a root fruit that looks very similar to sweet potato, but it has a crisp and tender texture, sweet taste, and high nutritional value. However, this fruit has only been on the market for a short time, and many people don't know much about it. Most people don't know whether it can be eaten raw, and they don't know how to eat it in the best way for the human body. Today, I will talk about these issues.

Tianshan yacon is a kind of fruit that can be eaten raw. Although it belongs to the root fruit, after removing the skin, the flesh is white, tender and transparent, and the amount of juice is particularly large. If you eat it directly, you will feel that the flesh is sweet and delicious. If you want to eat Tianshan yacon raw directly, you can wash the outer layer of mud and sand with clean water, then remove its skin, and then eat the white flesh directly.

How to eat Tianshan Yacon

1. Cook pork ribs soup

The best effect is to cook soup with Tianshan yacon and pork ribs. When making it, you need to prepare one Tianshan yacon, 200 grams of pork ribs, and an appropriate amount of ginger, figs and table salt. Chop the prepared ribs into pieces, then blanch them in boiling water. After taking them out, put them in the soup pot, add the prepared water, ginger and figs. Finally, peel the Tianshan yacon, cut it into pieces, put them in the pot and cook them together. After the water boils, cook for about an hour and add table salt to taste.

2. Cook chrysanthemum and lean meat soup

The effect of making soup with Tianshan yacon, chrysanthemum and lean meat is also very good. When making it, you can wash and peel the fresh Tianshan yacon, cut it into slices, then cut the lean pork slices, add cooking wine and table salt and marinate for a while. Soak the dried chrysanthemum in clean water in advance. After putting clean water in the pot, put all the prepared meat slices, yacon slices and dried chrysanthemum into it, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for about an hour, add appropriate amount of seasoning and then take it out and eat.