Eleocharis tuberosa is a kind of aquatic food, which contains white pulp for human consumption and is rich in nutrition. It can not only increase the satiety of human body, but also supplement rich nutrition for human body. However, water chestnut is an irregular plant fruit, and people find its shell particularly difficult to peel when they want to eat it. What should they do at this time? In fact, edges and corners have certain methods and tricks when peeling shells. As long as you master these tricks, you can easily peel the water chestnut shell.

How to shell water chestnut?

1, water chestnut shells can be picked directly, especially those fresh water chestnuts, which can be eaten directly. After picking, you can wash it directly with water when you go home, and then forcibly pull his shell away by hand. At this time, you can see the white edges and corners inside, and the meat can continue to peel off its shell from the fracture to get complete water chestnut meat.

2. You can peel the water chestnut after it is cooked, but before the main water chestnut, you should not only wash all the dirty things on its surface, but also cut a small mouth at one side of the corner with a high height, then put it in a pot and boil it in water. Under the action of thermal expansion and cold contraction, the shell of water chestnut will naturally separate from the pulp inside. After cooking, peel it off gently with your hands and take it out.

Tips for quick shelling of water chestnut

1. If you want to peel off the shell of water chestnut quickly, prepare a pair of sharp scissors before peeling off the shell, and rinse the water chestnut that needs to be peeled off with clear water. You can brush its surface several times to wash away all the dirt on its surface, and then cut off both corners with scissors.

2. After cutting the water chestnut, let the knife edge face down, and then cut a knife on each side of the water chestnut. When cutting, you must be able to see the angular meat, but you should not cut off too much water chestnut meat. After cutting, most of the angular meat has been exposed, and then peeling off the residual shell on its surface by hand, you can get white and tender water chestnut meat, which can be eaten directly after washing with water or cooked according to your own needs.

3. The chopped water chestnut can also be put into the pot and steamed in water. After boiling, it can be steamed for 10~ 15 minutes, and its pulp can automatically leave the shell. Take it out after turning off the fire, and shell it in time when it is not completely cooled. ?