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How to cook Chinese chestnut

Chestnut is a common food in autumn and winter. Fried chestnut is the most popular food on the street. There are many ways to eat chestnut. Can chestnut cook porridge? How can chestnut cook porridge? Can it put salt? Let's have a look with Xiaobian.

Can chestnut make porridge

Sure.

Basic materials: 100g chestnut, 100g glutinous rice, 10g ginger, a little salt

make:

Peel 100g chestnuts, dice 100g glutinous rice and add 10g chopped ginger to make rice soup thick, add a little salt and take it warm.

Utility:

It is suitable for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, pain due to kidney deficiency and weakness of legs and feet in spring. The middle-aged and old people often eat it to prolong their life.

Chestnut is rich in nutritional value, contains vitamins and minerals, far more than ordinary fruits and tomatoes. It can prevent and cure hypertension, osteoporosis and other diseases, has high nourishing value, and can help fat metabolism. The specific nutritional value and efficacy of chestnut can be understood from the following points.

1. Chestnut is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, which can prevent and cure hypertension, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, osteoporosis and other diseases. It is a good tonic for anti-aging and longevity. It is known as the "king of dried fruits". It is also known as "tiegangzhuang Jia" and "Woody grain" together with jujube and persimmon;

2. Chestnut contains riboflavin. It is good for children's oral ulcer and adults' oral ulcer;

3. Chestnut is a kind of dry fruit with high carbohydrate content, which can supply more heat energy to human body and help fat metabolism. It has the functions of Invigorating Qi, spleen and stomach;

4. Chestnut is rich in vitamin C, which can maintain the normal functions of teeth, bones, blood vessels and muscles. It can prevent and treat osteoporosis, aching waist and legs, aching muscles and weakness, etc., and delay the aging of human body. It is an ideal health fruit for the elderly.

Do you need salt for boiled chestnut

Look at your choice. If you want to eat salty chestnut, you can put some salt. Moreover, the pure fine salt will not destroy the original taste of chestnut, but the slight salt taste can reflect the sweetness and taste of chestnut. In addition, it is better to peel after boiling in light salt water.

The method of boiling chestnut in brine

1. Wash chestnut with water. Can buy first to put a few days sun, sleepy, make chestnut become more sweet.

2. Cut a mouth for chestnut to taste.

3. Put it in a pressure cooker or boiling pot, add salt and star anise.

4. Pressure cooker for 6 minutes, common cooker for more than 20 minutes, when it is soft and waxy, you can get out of the pot.

What kind of seasoning is needed to cook chestnut

It depends on your taste. For example, if you like sweet food, you can add sugar and chestnut water. If you like salt, put salt. Then you can properly put some anise, cinnamon, orange peel and other spices to taste. Octagons and so on may not be put, but must not be put more. Salt water can be slightly salty, or it can be adjusted according to personal taste.