I. How to do?
1, the first to buy chestnuts, clean, and then use a knife in each chestnut body scratch a "ten" word, be sure to grasp the strength, can not cut chestnuts, can not be gently scratched, to cut into the chestnut shells, and can not be cut into the chestnut meat; conditions, you can double scratch "ten" word;
2, in the pot of cold water, with cold water fee open after the boiler. "
2, in the pot of cold water, with cold water fee open, the cut chestnuts in the hot water, and then cover the pot, about 20 minutes to cook;
3, the pot of chestnuts out, into the hot water, wash, drain the water; pour off the pot of wastewater, wash the pot, and then add the hot water, into the chestnuts just washed, and continue to cook, the hot water needs to be no more than a few feet above the surface. The hot water in the pot needs to be no more than chestnuts;
4, to be the pot of water, put sugar in the pot, the portion is about a pound of chestnuts plus 200 grams of sugar, and then the sugar halo open in the pot;
5, about 20 minutes after the boil, sugar water chestnuts on the boil is good, the chestnuts have been absorbed into the chestnut meat sugar at this time, open the chestnuts, full of chestnuts meat aroma, eat up and with a sweet The flavor of the chestnuts.
Two, put no sugar?
It depends on personal taste, in general, put sugar will be more delicious.
Knowledge extension:
Chestnuts to cook delicious, the first thing to do is to work on the source - select a good chestnut. To select good quality chestnuts, try the following methods:
1, look at the color. Chestnut shell to glossy red good, if no luster or color is too dark, it shows that the internal deterioration, there may be aged chestnuts.
2, look at the fluff. Fresh chestnuts tail fluffy more, while the aged chestnut skin smooth, less fluffy.
3, hand pinch. Pinch up the feel hard, it is said that the chestnut internal flesh, if the chestnut shell can be easily pinched flat, it is possible that the internal deterioration.
4, smell odor. Good chestnuts smell fragrant, bad chestnuts have obvious rot flavor.
5, look at the shape. Like to eat sweet chestnuts of the public can choose a side of the flat side of the other side of the round chestnuts, if you need not very sweet chestnuts on the choice of both sides are flat.