What recipes are water chestnuts good in besides oriental foods?!
DIRECTIONS
1. Heat the olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion, and saute for a few minutes to release the flavor into the oil. Add the water chestnuts, asparagus, and vinegar; cook and stir for about 10 minutes, until the asparagus is cooked but still crunchy.
Answers: Asparagus and Water Chestnuts
DIRECTIONS
1. Heat the olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion, and saute for a few minutes to release the flavor into the oil. Add the water chestnuts, asparagus, and vinegar; cook and stir for about 10 minutes, until the asparagus is cooked but still crunchy.
Any recipe that would benefit from a crispy crunch will benefit from the addition of water chestnuts. You can easily add them to salads, casseroles or soups. They'd probably be good in a stew as a substitute for potatoes. A vegetarian pasta could benefit from water chestnuts or maybe a chicken pasta dish.
I like to add them to:
Salads for texture, crunch and fresh taste
Broth based soups, adds an interesting texture
and of course, in Rumaki, the Japanese appetizer of water chestnut, chicken liver wrapped in bacon and broiled they are indespensible.....
Added to a stir fry, they add fiber and crunch.......
I also make a great cucumber and waterchestnut salad......with cellophane noodles and rice vinegar.......there are a LOT of applications that can use water chestnuts.....
OH, and if you want a low calorie snack, you can't beat munching on them with a tad of sea salt on them......
Christopher
appetizer: wrap whole waterchestnuts with 1/3 slice of bacon, bake in oven, serve with ranch and/or honey mustard.
My grandmother always put them in her stuffing, or wrap them in bacon and pour a sauce made of mayo, chili sauce and brown sugar over them