Ingredients: half a chicken, chestnuts, ginger, onion, star anise, sugar, soy sauce, soy sauce, salt, salad oil, shallots and a little white sesame.

Practice: 1, chicken washed and dried, then cut into small pieces, chestnuts peeled, onion and ginger sliced;

2. Add oil to the pot. After the oil is hot, fry the chestnut until the surface is golden, and take it out for later use;

3. Leave the bottom oil in the wok, add the onion and ginger slices and stir-fry until it changes color;

4. Add soy sauce, soy sauce, sugar and an star anise and stir fry;

5. After coloring, add clear water, and the amount of water is equal to that of chicken pieces;

6. Add chestnuts and stir well;

7. After the fire is boiled, cover the lid and turn to low heat for slow stew;

8. Stew until the soup is thick and the chicken chestnut is cooked;

9. Sprinkle chopped onions and white sesame seeds into the pot.

Chestnut belongs to nuts, but it is different from nuts rich in oil such as walnuts, hazelnuts and almonds. It is a kind of nut rich in starch. The carbohydrate content of dried chestnut can reach 77%. The carbohydrate content of fresh chestnut is 40%. Protein content can reach 4%-5%, as well as vitamin B 1, B2 content is also very rich, each100g contains about 24 mg of vitamin C, so the nutritional value of chestnut is very rich. Chestnut is also rich in minerals, such as potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc and manganese, especially potassium. Chestnut has the functions of invigorating spleen and qi, tonifying kidney and strengthening heart, and is mainly used for nausea, vomiting blood and hematochezia. Chestnut contains soft dietary fiber and its glycemic index is lower than that of rice. As long as no sugar is added in the cooking, diabetics can try it. In order to lose weight, it is best to eat chestnut as a snack between meals or add it as a staple food ingredient during cooking.