A CLOSER LOOK
How to recognize it
A small, flattened round corm with purple-brown or yellow-brown skin and crisp white flesh.
In the kitchen
Diced in a meatball variation.
This underground corm is different from a tree chestnut seed. It is diced in one crab-pork meatball variation.
Ask about this ingredient
这道菜里有荸荠吗？
Does this dish contain Water chestnut?
A few dishes to explore
These examples use this ingredient in typical or optional preparations. Open the dish to see the distinction; a restaurant’s recipe can differ.
