How to peel chestnut shells?

The chestnuts are pink and sweet, but peeling them is too troublesome. My nails can’t stand it if I have to peel them by hand.

So, what needs to be done to make chestnuts shell easily one by one?

After washing the chestnuts, you can use the bottom end of the kitchen knife's blade to lightly chop the chestnuts one by one. If it is a semi-circular chestnut, it is best to chop it in the middle of the arch.

Don’t be afraid of chopping the meat, it won’t have any impact. Once heated, the meat and shell separate easily.

Some people think this is very troublesome, and they have to chop them one by one.

But if you want to eat the ideal delicious food, you still have to put in the necessary hard work.

If you have a pointed scissor at home, you can also use scissors to directly cut a small opening, which is more convenient.

In the past, when there was no oven, I used the oldest pressure cooker to fry chestnuts. I didn’t need to cover the pot, just stir-fry them slowly over low heat. They were all fragrant, pink and glutinous.

It’s just that the chestnuts fried in this way are a bit dry, and if you don’t drink some water in the middle, it’s easy to choke slightly.

Later I got an oven, so I roasted chestnuts directly. If you control the time well, the chestnuts cooked in the oven will have more moisture than those fried in the pressure cooker. It is just right for young people to eat.

But the elderly will still feel dry when eating it, so they can use a rice cooker.

Add a small amount of water to the rice cooker, press the cooking button to start cooking, and stir the rice at the end.

After roasting, if there are too many chestnuts, some may not be ripe yet. You can roast them again until they are ripe.

I tried adding more water, but if there was too much water, the chestnut meat would swell when exposed to water, making it unable to open the shell and making it difficult to peel.

If you want to peel the shells and roast the meat, then when it is halfway through cooking, open the cover and take a look. If the shell is opened, you can unplug the power. After it cools down, peel out the chestnut flesh.

This method of peeling chestnuts can be tried by the questioner. Another is that there is a tool for peeling chestnuts on the market, but it also needs to be scratched one by one. The principle is somewhat similar to using pointed scissors. .