Boiled chestnuts taste better than raw chestnuts and are healthier than fried chestnuts. Therefore, boiled chestnuts are a more common way of eating at home. So, how long to cook chestnuts? How long does it take to cook chestnuts with different pots to cook chestnuts, the time used is not the same.

1, ordinary water cooking method

Chestnuts cooked with water, generally need to cook about 20 minutes. Practice: chestnut 1000g, water. Into the pot, plus the end over the chestnut surface more water. Cook chestnuts with cold water, boil over high heat, after 15 minutes or so, change to low heat, cook over low heat for a few more minutes. Cook until the chestnuts are cooked, turn off the fire, simmer for a period of time. As the saying goes: "seven points cooked, three points cover" is the reason, not only save fire, food stewed more soft and rotten.

2, pressure cooker cooking method

Put the chestnuts in the pressure cooker, do not put too much, slightly put a little water, time about 30-40 minutes. Practice: chestnut 1000g, water. Chestnuts washed and put into the electric pressure cooker liner. Add water, select the function of universal stew, time set to 35 minutes. Then open the lid can be eaten.

Boiled chestnut fast peeling cooking method

1, boiled with a knife before a cross opening, pay attention to the knife, boiled chestnut skin will rise open, easy to peel. 2, boiled water poured into the cool water while still hot, don't take too long, 10 a few 20 seconds to fish up, the chestnut skin will be contracted easier to peel. 3, similarly, boiled hot in the refrigerator. frozen can also be frozen after eating another flavor.

Home cooking chestnut practice

Pick chestnut: chestnut there are two main kinds of chestnut, one is called hairy chestnut, there are a lot of small hairs on the shell, one is called Ming Chestnut, looks shiny, generally hairy chestnut boiled and eat more surface, but Ming Chestnut sweet, this is different according to the different tastes of people to choose.

Cut a small mouth: use a knife to cut a small mouth on top of each chestnut, so that you can save fuel, as soon as possible to cook chestnuts, but also conducive to cooking chestnuts shelling peeling.

Cooking on the pot: pour the chestnuts into the pot, add water to cook, wait until the water boils and then switch to low heat to continue to heat, the chestnuts will be cooked after the cracks will become bigger, and you can smell the aroma.

Shelling and peeling: cook the chestnuts into the cool water, immediately fish out, as soon as possible to go to their shells and skins, this time is relatively easy, after drying out is not good to peel.

Enjoy the delicious: peeled chestnuts can be eaten directly, you can also put in the refrigerator, when the soup add a few into it, is also very delicious.

Tips

In fact, direct cooking is not good, chestnuts soaked in water nutrients are easy to lose, but also lose the original sweetness. If the taste is more concerned about, it is recommended to steam or fried. For example, fried chestnuts are more delicious than boiled: cut a knife in each chestnut, pay attention to cut two-thirds of the side skin can be, and then add a little cooking oil in the pot, put into the chestnut frying on low heat, and gradually hear the crackling sound, stir frying to smell the chestnut aroma (about 15 minutes or so), taste. Fried chestnut skin gently like stoned as gently bite on the opening