Five-spice water chestnut

Overview

Water chestnut is rich in starch, protein, glucose, unsaturated fatty acids and a variety of vitamins, carotene and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus and iron. The ancients believed that eating more water chestnuts can nourish the five internal organs, eliminate all kinds of diseases, and lighten the body. The so-called lightening of the body means that it has the effect of weight loss and bodybuilding, because water chestnuts do not contain fat that makes people fat.

Tags

• snacks
• cinnamon
• cooking wine
• star anise
• water chestnut
• zanthoxylum bungeanum
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Soak the water chestnuts in clean water for 30 minutes, then use a used toothbrush to wash off the mud on the surface and gaps of the water chestnuts.

   

2. 2 Prepare your spices.

   

3. 3 Put it into the pot, add salt, cooking wine, spices, pour in enough water to cover the water chestnuts, cover and cook for 20 minutes, turn off the heat and simmer for another 10 minutes.

   

4. 4 After it's cooked, take it out and eat it. It's pink and fragrant.