Many people's favorite food in winter is chestnuts, but they are worried that the sugar-roasted chestnuts sold on the street are unhygienic and can cause "heatiness" (internal heat). So they want to make them at home, but then another problem arises: how to peel the chestnuts? Below, the editor will teach you a simple and easy peeling method.
First method: Boiling in salt water
1. After washing the chestnuts, make a small cut in the middle with a knife.
2. Place them in salt water and boil on the stove for 5 minutes.
3. While hot, remove the shells and skins of the chestnuts.
4. This is what they look like after being completely peeled, and they are still quite intact.
Second method: Rice cooker method
1. After washing the chestnuts, make a cut.
2. Place them in a rice cooker without adding water.
3. Press the cook button, then take them out to peel the shells and skins.
4. Because they are cooked through after this method, they are very easy to crush. The color is also not very nice.
Third method: Pressure cooker method
1. After washing the chestnuts, make a cut with a knife.
2. Place them in a pressure cooker without adding water.
3. After the pressure builds up, turn off the heat after 3 minutes. Take them out to peel the shells and skins.
4. It's relatively difficult to peel, and it's not easy to know when to turn off the heat.
Fourth method: Sun-drying method
1. Place them directly under the sun.
2. After a day, they are not easy to peel.
3. After another day of sun-drying, they are still not easy to peel.
Fifth method: Sun-drying with cut method
1. Cut the chestnuts with a knife and place them in the sun to dry.
2. After one day.
3. You can peel one.
4. After two days, you can peel them, but it's still not easy.
Sixth method: Microwave method
1. Make a small cut on the chestnuts with a knife.
2. Place them in a bowl and cover it.
3. Peel them while they are hot.
4. This is what they look like after peeling. The color of those made in the microwave is quite beautiful.
Seventh method: Soaking with cut method
1. Cut the chestnuts in half.
2. Remove the outer shells.
3. Soak them in boiling water, covered, for 5 minutes.
4. The skins come off very easily.
Eighth method: Salt water soaking method
1. Pour the chestnuts directly into boiling salt water for 5 minutes.
2. Then make a cut with a knife.
3. Remove the shells and skins while hot.
4. They peel off quite completely.
Ninth method: Freezing method
1. After cooking the chestnuts, let them cool.
2. Place them in the freezer for two hours to separate the shells from the meat.
3. This way, the inner skin comes off quickly, and the chestnut meat remains intact.