- Canned chestnuts
- Scientific name: Castanea
- Classified under: Seeds & Nuts & Dried Fruit
- Korean name: 밤통조림
- Romanized: Bamtongjorim
- Other Korean name(s): 밤 (bam)
- Wikipedia entry for canned chestnuts
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Are these water chestnuts or the regular kind?
You can skip it if it’s not available. Or you could use peeled fresh chestnuts. This is a list of Korean grocery stores in Virginia.https://www.maangchi.com/shopping/us#VA
Maangchi, do you have any recommendations on a substitute for canned chestnuts? Or would you recommend just leaving them out of the recipe? I’ve looked in several good Asian markets close to where I live and can’t find it anywhere. I’m sure it would still be good without the chestnuts, but wanted to see if you had any ideas on a substitute before I tried out the recipe.