" August pear, September hawthorn, October chestnut smile. "Near the National Day these days, the roadside dried fruit store from time to time out of the "sugar fried chestnuts" flavor, sweet and irresistible, eat up while hot and sweet and pink glutinous. Although the chestnut belongs to the nuts, but because of its rich nutrition, high water, also known as nuts in the "fresh fruit" ; it is rich in starch, monosaccharides and disaccharides, carotene, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, ascorbic acid, protein, fat and inorganic salts and other nutrients. In the fall, adults and children eat some chestnuts properly, especially to help benefit the spleen, thick complementary stomach and intestines.

Chestnuts can be eaten raw, cooked, the most common way to eat is "fried chestnuts", "chestnut stewed chicken", "chestnut stewed lamb", "chestnut cake" and so on. However, chestnut delicious skin but difficult to peel, buy back the shell of chestnuts, although you can use a knife to remove the outer layer of hard shell, but wrapped in chestnut meat of the inner layer of thin skin to go up more trouble. If you use your hands directly to peel or use a knife to cut, not only can not completely remove, but also make the chestnut look incomplete.

Below, I would like to share a way to go chestnut skin, pro-test effective, simple and easy to use, not only chestnut skin is easy to remove, and remove the skin after the chestnut meat is clean and complete, like friends may want to try to try

Ingredients: raw chestnuts appropriate amount.

Preparation method:

Step 1. Put the raw chestnuts into the water, rub the chestnuts with both hands constantly, the outer skin on the dust and dirt clean.

Step 2: Prepare a pair of scissors and make a cross on the bulging side of the chestnut. [Note: the cross should cut through the skin of the chestnut, but not into the flesh, and should be at least a centimeter long].

Step 3: Prepare a steamer, pour in water and place the chestnuts on the steamer drawer.

[Note: the chestnuts should be cooked with the "cross" side facing upwards.]

Step 4: Turn on the heat and steam for 3 minutes, then turn off the heat.

Step 5. Remove the chestnuts from the oven and peel them when they're not hot, and if you have tender skin, it's best to use scissors to "peel" the skin. You'll find that the peeled chestnuts are all intact.

[Note: If the knife is shallow, you can use scissors to "peel" the skin, otherwise the skin will be hard and you'll hurt your hand because the chestnuts have only been heated for 3 minutes].

When you buy raw chestnuts at a farmer's market, some vendors will use a shelling machine to peel the chestnuts, but the shelling machine can't completely remove the skin, and it will also leave a lot of scratches on the chestnut flesh. The best way to separate the skin from the meat is to "heat" the chestnuts, and this "first cut and steam for 3 minutes" method of peeling the chestnuts retains the nutrients of the chestnuts better than boiling them in hot water and then peeling them.

In addition to peeling, the preservation of raw chestnuts is also a difficult problem, sometimes due to improper preservation, chestnuts become very hard, some will be black and moldy, below, I would like to recommend that chestnuts can be preserved for a long time in the 3 ways to

1: peeled chestnuts preservation

With the above-mentioned " After peeling the chestnuts, put the flesh into a plastic bag, expel the air, tie the bag closed, and then put it into the freezer.

2: Preservation of chestnuts without peeling

Method 1:

Step 1. Wash the raw chestnuts and control the water, put the chestnuts into a plastic bag, add 1 tablespoon of salt, and shake the bag, so that the chestnuts and salt are fully mixed. [Note: A small amount of salt will prevent the chestnuts from turning black and moldy. ]

Step 2: Remove the air from the chestnuts, then tie the bag closed and place it in the freezer.

Method 2:

Step 1: Wash the raw chestnuts and control the water, then use scissors to cut the skin of the chestnuts with a "cross" knife. [This step is a good way to make it easier to remove the chestnuts from the oven and eat them. ]

Step 2: Put the chestnuts in a plastic bag, expel the air, then tie the bag closed and put it in the freezer.

The above three methods of freezing chestnuts in different forms can make chestnuts can be preserved for a long time, some peeled, some cut flower knife, some with shells, according to their own needs to be taken out at any time to eat at any time, not only convenient, but also to meet the application of different occasions.

Now is the chestnut ripe season, the price is also affordable, why not buy some, in addition to the family to do "chestnut chicken", "sugar fried chestnuts" and other seasonal food, you can also use the above methods of chestnuts will be preserved, stay until the winter, the Spring Festival and then take out to eat! The Chinese New Year, and then take out to eat, so that the delicious continuation, but also let the table of food constantly change, to bring the family surprise, like friends hurry to try it ~