It's the good season of eating chestnuts again, and thinking of its golden flesh and sweet and sticky taste, is there another little hungry cat clamoring to eat a plate?
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Chestnut is a delicious snack, but it is also a good thing for health. But when eating, it is still a bit exquisite. Let's talk about how to eat it?
Chestnuts are eaten raw to supplement the kidneys, and cooked to strengthen the spleen
Chestnut is known as the "king of dried fruits", and it is also known as "ginseng fruit" abroad. Chinese medicine believes that it has the effect of tonifying the kidneys and spleen, strengthening the body, benefiting the stomach and leveling the liver.
★ Eat raw to supplement the kidneys
Chewing raw chestnut kernels can play a role in warming the spleen and kidneys, and can prevent and treat symptoms such as weak waist and knees, unfavorable waist and legs, and increased urination caused by kidney deficiency.
Especially in the elderly, the elderly and weak kidneys are more likely to have discomfort such as sore waist and legs, pain in the limbs, etc. These are all manifestations of kidney qi deficiency, at which time you can supplement kidney qi from chewing chestnut kernels.
However, eating chestnuts raw is not conducive to digestion and should not be eaten more.
★ Cooked to strengthen the spleen
In addition to eating raw, the common chestnut practice is fried, steamed and other cooked eating methods, which are especially suitable for people with spleen deficiency.
If you have fatigue, thinness, poor appetite, etc., you can eat more cooked chestnuts every day.
Chinese medicine says that chestnut tonifies the kidneys and strengthens the spleen and bones, but from a nutritional point of view, it is also excellent in all aspects:
The content of vitamin C, vitamin B1 and B2 and carotene in chestnuts is higher than that of ordinary dried fruits. (So it is called the king of dried fruits ~)
Chestnuts contain 4 times more vitamin B2 than rice.
Each 100 grams of dried or fresh chestnut contains 24 to 25 mg of vitamin C, which is more than a tomato that is recognized to be rich in vitamin C, and more than ten times that of apples.
Chestnuts are rich in dietary fiber, averaging 1.4 grams per 100 grams of eaten parts of chestnuts, which is no less than vegetables.
Chestnuts are good, don't eat more than 10 at a time
Chestnuts are known as "ginseng fruits", and the small one makes people can't help but eat more. However, for the sake of your stomach, Xiaobian advises you to eat less!
I believe that everyone has heard the phrase "10 chestnuts a bowl of rice", this chestnut is rich in nutrients, and the calories are not low.
A small bowl of rice has a calorie of 174 kcal, while 10 chestnuts has a calorie of about 170 kcal.
In addition, chestnuts are difficult to digest when eaten raw, and cooked are easy to digest but will produce gas, resulting in gastrointestinal discomfort. Therefore, when everyone eats, try to control the amount, it is best not to exceed 10.
In addition, it is precisely because of its high calories, easy to produce gas and other characteristics, like the following types of people, not suitable for eating chestnuts:
Chestnuts are high in sugar, and diabetics are not suitable for eating; people with frequent constipation and indigestion.
Street side "ingredients" fried chestnuts, 3 tricks to identify
For everyone, the street fried chestnuts are called a good one, under the light, the chestnut oil is bright, and the color of the flesh becomes golden.
Chestnuts have become more delicious and better-looking, but many people have doubts in their hearts:
Looking so delicious, shouldn't there be any ingredients in it?
Indeed, we will see on the news that some black-hearted traders add industrial paraffin oil and saccharin to stir-fry chestnuts. In this way, chestnuts immediately become "health killers".
Like industrial paraffin oil, colorless and odorless, it is not easy to be found in food, and has certain carcinogenicity. Saccharin, on the other hand, will affect the normal secretion of gastrointestinal digestive enzymes, reduce the absorption capacity of the small intestine, and reduce appetite.
Therefore, when buying chestnuts, follow the following tricks to avoid buying inferior fried chestnuts.
1. Taste the taste
Before buying chestnuts, ask the store to try a chestnut. Chestnuts stir-fried with saccharin are very sweet in the mouth and can even taste bitter.
2. Wipe with a paper towel
Wipe the shell of the chestnut with a paper towel, if you find that there is obvious oil on it, and the more you rub it, the brighter it is, the chestnut may have added paraffin oil.
3. Distinguish the color
Flesh that is too golden in color and looks too "fake" may be chemically treated.
Of course, if you are not sure about the fried chestnuts outside, you can choose to buy raw chestnuts with other ingredients.
PS: When buying raw chestnuts, you can pick them according to the light color, more fluff, less lustrous shell, this chestnut is more tender and delicious. In addition, chestnuts with round and flat sides on one side are sweeter than those that are flat on both sides.
3 chestnut recipes, nourish the spleen and strengthen the kidneys
1. Chestnut chicken foot soup
Directions: 10 chicken feet, 500 grams of lean meat, 90 grams of chestnuts, 60 grams of walnut meat, 10 grams of tangerine peel, wash the above items, add water, simmer over low heat.
Comments: Tonify kidneys and strengthen muscles, strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, suitable for waist and knee weakness, dizziness, frequent nocturia, spleen deficiency and long-term diarrhea.
2. Chestnut roast chicken
Directions: Prepare 150 g of shelled fresh chestnuts and 150 g of fresh chicken thighs. Stir-fry the chestnuts in a pan until the surface changes color, then remove and set aside, add the slices of green onion and ginger again and stir-fry, pour in the chicken nuggets and stir-fry. Then add cooking wine, soy sauce, salt, a pinch of sugar and add the chestnuts. Pour boiling water, bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat and cover, cook for about 20 minutes.
Comments: Chestnut starch is abundant and can be cooked with meat. Chinese medicine believes that people with frequent kidney loss and weakness in the waist and legs can often eat chestnut roast chicken, which will help to improve symptoms.
3. Chestnut porridge
Directions: 100 grams of japonica rice, 200 chestnuts, 15 grams of cinnamon meat, 10 jujubes, after cleaning the ingredients, first take the japonica rice and chestnuts into the pot, add the appropriate amount of water, use the fire to boil and then turn to low heat, and then add the cinnamon balls, pitted dates and a small amount of sugar in the last 10 minutes.
Comments: This chestnut porridge can not only supplement the kidney and spleen, but also benefit the qi and nourish the blood, especially suitable for people with weak spleen and kidneys and insufficient yang qi.
Raw chestnut shelling tips:
1. Place the raw chestnuts in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator and freeze for 2 hours. Due to thermal expansion and contraction, the fruit of the raw chestnut will be separated from the shell by shrinking, so that the shell will crack with a pinch of the hand.
2. If you want to peel the chestnuts immediately, you can put the raw chestnuts in boiling water and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, then immediately take them out and soak them in cold water for another 3 minutes.