Steamed chestnut practice

When steaming chestnuts, take the right amount of chestnuts and wash them several times, then use a knife to cut the chestnuts into small openings, wash and drain the water. Cold water on the steamer, about 20-30 minutes chestnuts can be cooked. Chestnuts can be steamed or boiled, if you do not have a steamer at home, then cut the chestnuts into openings and put them into the water to cook is also possible, but cooked chestnuts and steamed taste is very different.

How to steam chestnuts

Steaming chestnuts is very simple, at home is not convenient to go to the fried chestnuts that can be steamed chestnuts, the taste is just as delicious, there is a kind of light chestnut shells of the aroma, only need to be easy to do in three steps.

1, clean chestnuts

First of all, clean the skin of the chestnuts, soak the chestnuts in salted water for 10 minutes, and then scrub the skin of the chestnuts in the water.

2, cut the opening

The best thing is to cut the back of the chestnut arch up a cross-shaped mouth, do not have to cut too open, steamed chestnuts will crack more open.

3, on the steamer

In the pot add the right amount of water, put the chestnuts into the steaming grid, open the fire, and so on the steam began to count the time, about 20-30 minutes, the chestnuts will be steamed, isn't it very simple, the chestnuts steamed golden color, eat while hot better.

Have stomach and spleen, enhance the effectiveness of immunity.

In fact, the chestnut is mainly in the stomach and spleen is also quite good, it is also a so-called nuts, but its carbohydrate content is also quite high. It is also rich in unsaturated fatty acids and vitamins, minerals, can be on our coronary heart disease, hypertension, atherosclerosis patients have certain benefits, at the same time it is able to enhance the body's immunity, at the same time, high carbohydrate can provide high calorie, but for diabetic patients to eat chestnuts can be appropriate to reduce the staple food or appropriate control of the amount.

1, benefit qi and spleen

Chestnuts have benefit qi and spleen, thick tonic gastrointestinal role. Because of the high carbohydrate content in the chestnut, can provide the body with more heat, but also help fat metabolism.

2, pediatric mouth and tongue sores

Chestnuts contain riboflavin, pediatric mouth and tongue sores have a certain positive effect, therefore, often eat chestnuts, on the day long difficult to heal pediatric mouth and tongue sores and adult mouth ulcers are beneficial.

3, the elderly food

Chestnuts are rich in vitamin C, and we know that vitamin C can maintain the teeth, bones, blood vessels and muscles of the normal function, but also can prevent and treat osteoporosis, lumbar and leg pain, pain in the tendons and bones, fatigue, etc., to slow down the aging of the human body.

4, anti-aging

Chestnuts are anti-aging tonic, because chestnuts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids and vitamins, minerals, can prevent and treat hypertension, coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis and other diseases.