Water chestnut is a vegetable, but it can also be eaten as a fruit. It's just that whether it's as a vegetable or as a fruit, people need to remove its outer skin in order to eat it. The outer skin of water chestnut is hard and not easy to peel, making many people afraid of the trouble and don't want to eat it.

How to remove the skin of water chestnut

1, you can put the water chestnut in lightly salted water to soak for an hour or two, and then take it out and peel off the outer skin, which is a little soft, and it's easy to peel it off, and before peeling it off it's best to use a knife to make a couple of small cuts in the shell of the water chestnut.

2, directly with a knife to remove the outer skin of the water chestnut, before peeling, first use a knife to remove the skin of the water chestnut with buds part of the water chestnut, and then use a knife to peel it slowly, so it will also be very easy to remove the outer skin of the water chestnut.

3, with the machine is also a good choice, in some hardware stores, there are special water chestnut peeling machine, you can see a back to use, the water chestnut after washing directly into the machine, remove the skin of the water chestnut will be separated from another outlet, very convenient.

How to cook water chestnuts

1, water chestnuts this kind of dish can be directly boiled, in the pot of water, and then put the skinned water chestnuts into it, boiled half an hour later can be taken out of the food, in the consumption of some sugar or jam, its flavor will be more attractive.

2, you can also in the summer water chestnuts and the blue root together with the cooking food, the specific method is to cook water chestnuts add about ten grams of blue root, after cooking, eat water chestnuts and drink the soup, can play a detoxification and heat dissipation effect.