How to eat ginkgo nuts best? What are the benefits of eating ginkgo nuts?

Ginkgo nut, also known as white nut, is the fruit of the ginkgo tree. It is white on the outside and the kernel inside is light green. It is edible for humans and can also be used as medicine. However, ginkgo nut is somewhat toxic. Many people dare not eat it casually, and don’t know how to eat it best. I will talk about this issue below, and I will also let you know the benefits of eating ginkgo.

How to eat it best

1. Ginkgo Nut Stewed Chicken

Ginkgo nuts stewed chicken is very delicious. You need to prepare 100 grams of ginkgo nuts, a chicken, and appropriate amounts of sugar, salt, and cooking oil. Clean the chicken, chop it into pieces, blanch it in boiling water, remove the hard shell of the ginkgo nuts, put them into the pot with the blanched chicken, add appropriate amount of water, and then add the prepared seasonings and stew them together. It will be ready after 2 to 3 hours.

2. Salt and pepper ginkgo

Make the ginkgo nuts into salt and pepper ginkgo nuts, which are also delicious as snacks! When making it, you should break the shell of the ginkgo nuts, then remove the shell, dry the wok, add the pepper salt and a proper amount of MSG, stir well, then pour in the taken out ginkgo nuts, stir-fry them over medium-low heat, take them out and cool them down before eating them directly.

Benefits of eating

Eating more ginkgo nuts on a regular basis can promote blood circulation, soften blood vessels, and effectively prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in humans, especially for coronary heart disease and angina pectoris. In addition, ginkgo nuts also contain some phenolic and flavonoid substances, which can increase the activity of human brain cells and enhance memory, prevent Alzheimer's disease, and delay aging.

Precautions

Although ginkgo nuts are rich in nutrients and taste delicious, they are somewhat toxic. The toxic ingredients they contain will lose their activity only after being processed at high temperatures. Therefore, you must not eat ginkgo nuts raw to avoid poisoning. Even after frying, you should not eat too much ginkgo nuts at one time to avoid harm to the human body.