Water chestnut is a traditional Chinese crop. It is the fruit of a perennial aquatic herb. Although water chestnut is not common in the north, it is still a regular on the table in many areas, but eating water chestnut needs to remove the outer hard skin to eat. So how to remove the hard shell of water chestnut? How to eat water chestnut? Let's learn!
How to eat water chestnut
1. Boiled water chestnut in brine
Water chestnut can be cooked before eating. Before cooking water chestnut, it must be cleaned carefully to wash away all the mud and dirty things on its surface. Then put it into the pot and add an appropriate amount of 10 meters. Add enough water to heat and cook it. Take it out and put it in cold water to cool down. After cooling down, you can remove its shell by gently peeling it. At this time, you can eat the white pulp inside it.
2. Boiled congee with water chestnut
Fresh water chestnut can also be used for porridge. When it is used for porridge, you need to remove the shell of water chestnut in advance, clean it, cut it into pieces, wash the millet, put it into the pot together with 09 of the incision, add clear water to make porridge, add a small amount of edible salt to adjust the flavor before the pot, and then take it out to eat. It can strengthen the spleen, nourish the stomach and supplement nutrition.
3. Fried sliced pork with water chestnut
Water chestnut can also be fried together with sliced meat, but its shell should be removed before frying. The obtained water chestnut pulp can be cut into slices, and then the sliced meat can be pickled with soy sauce and cooking wine in advance. Put oil in the frying pan, heat it and add scallion. Then put the salted meat into the pan and fry it until it changes color. Then put water chestnut in the pan and fry it quickly. Add a small amount of salt and salt during the frying process Chicken essence and soy sauce seasoning, stir fry about three minutes later can be out of the pot.
How to shell water chestnut
Before eating, the shell of water chestnut needs to be removed. When removing the shell, wash the water chestnut first, and then cut it at the bottom with a knife. When cutting, the pulp inside should be exposed. After cutting, erect the water chestnut and cut it on both sides. At this time, most of the shell has been removed, and then peel off the remaining shell by hand to get white water chestnut pulp.