How to eat ginkgo nuts? How to eat ginkgo nuts

Ginkgo is the seed of the plant Ginkgo biloba. It is one of the most common dried fruit ingredients in China. It has a unique flavor and contains a lot of protein, sugar and vitamins, but it also has a certain toxicity. It is this toxicity that makes many people dare not eat it casually, and they don’t know how to eat it best. In fact, as long as the eating method is proper, eating ginkgo will not cause poisoning. The following is the editor’s introduction to the correct way to eat it. After reading it, you will know how to eat ginkgo.

1. Stewed Chicken with Ginkgo

Stewing chicken with ginkgo nuts is a common way to eat it. When making it, you need to prepare 20 ginkgo nuts, remove the skin and set aside. Then prepare a fresh old hen, clean it and cut it into pieces. Blanch it in boiling water, take it out and put it directly in the soup pot, add appropriate amount of green onion and ginger, then put in the prepared ginkgo nuts and enough water, then stew them together. After boiling, stew for another two hours, add a small amount of salt to season, and after mixing well, the fragrant ginkgo stewed chicken is ready. You can take it out and eat the chicken and drink the chicken soup directly.

2. Ginkgo and Osmanthus Soup

Ginkgo nuts are also very delicious when used to make desserts. You can usually prepare 300 grams of ginkgo nuts, 5 grams of sweet osmanthus, 200 grams of white sugar and a small amount of cornstarch. After removing the shells of the prepared ginkgo nuts, put them in a pot and add water to cook for 15 minutes. After taking them out, drain the water, put them in a pot again, add water, boil them, add sugar and the cooked ginkgo nuts, boil them, remove the foam, add sweet osmanthus, and finally thicken them with cornstarch.

3. Ginkgo milk drink

Ginkgo milk drink is also the most common way to eat it. After it is made, it has a strong milky aroma and is sweet and delicious. When making it, you need to prepare 30 grams of ginkgo, four or five white chrysanthemums, four snow pears, 200 grams of milk, and an appropriate amount of honey. After removing the skin of the ginkgo, blanch it with boiling water, then wash the white chrysanthemums with clean water and remove the petals. After peeling the snow pear, take the flesh and cut it into small cubes. Put the processed ginkgo and snow pear in a pot, add clean water and boil it over high heat, then simmer it over low heat until the ginkgo is cooked, and finally add chrysanthemum petals and milk. After boiling, season it with honey and mix it well before eating.