1, expansion with heat and contraction with cold: after the chestnuts are cooked, cut a small mouth on them, soak them in boiling water for about one minute, and peel them off from the incision. Principle: After high-temperature expansion, nuts and skins are easily separated, just like boiled eggs peeled quickly in cold water.

2, refrigerator freezing method: after the chestnuts are cooked, they are cooled and put in the refrigerator for two hours to separate the shell and meat. In this way, the chestnut skin can be peeled off quickly and the chestnut meat is complete.

2 how to peel the skin inside the chestnut shell?

Brine boiling

1. After washing chestnuts, cut a hole slightly from the middle with a knife;

2. Put it in salt water and cook it on the stove for 5 minutes;

3. Remove the shells and skins of chestnuts while they are hot;

4, all peeled off, still intact.

Electric cooker method

1. After washing chestnuts, cut a hole;

2, put it in the rice cooker, no water;

3, press the cooking button, take out and peel;

4. Because this is cooked, it is cooked. So it's easy to peel. The color is not very good either.

Sunlight cutting method

1, chestnuts cut a hole with a knife and put it in the sun;

2, after a day, you can peel it a little, which is relatively odorless, but it is still not easy to peel. You can peel it in a couple of days, but it's not easy. Wait too long, can't wait.

Why is it difficult to peel boiled chestnuts?

Generally speaking, chestnuts are ripe, some are easy to peel, and some are still difficult to peel. For example, when chestnuts are cooked, they are sealed and bagged while they are hot, which will easily lead to poor peeling of chestnuts after sealing. This is also the reason why it is difficult for us to buy ripe chestnuts in the supermarket with shells and skins. Therefore, chestnuts should be completely cooled before they can be sealed and preserved. Of course, apart from this reason, in general, we often encounter some situations that are difficult to peel, so we might as well cut a small hole before cooking.

How to make peeled chestnuts delicious?

Fried chicken with chestnuts

1. Wash the chicken and cut it into small pieces, cut the red pepper into small pieces, peel the garlic, slice the whole ginger and cut the green garlic into sections; Shelling and peeling chestnuts, blanching with cold water, boiling for 5 minutes, taking out and draining;

2. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in the pot, add chestnut and fry until the surface is golden, and take it out for later use;

3. Add ginger slices and garlic to the remaining oil until fragrant, and add chicken pieces to stir fry. When the surface of the chicken nuggets is golden yellow and the meat quality is obviously reduced, pour 1 tbsp cooking wine and cook until it is dry, and add the fried chestnuts;

4. Add all seasonings and 1 cup chicken soup. After the fire boils, turn to low heat, cover the lid and cook until the water is almost dry;

5. Add green garlic and white pepper and stir-fry until cooked, then add green garlic leaves and stir-fry until cooked.