1, hot water immersion method. Wash the raw chestnuts, put them in a vessel, add a little salt, soak them in boiling water, and cover the pot. After 5 minutes, the chestnuts are taken out and cut, and the chestnuts are peeled off together with the chestnuts shells. This method saves time and effort.
2. Chopsticks mixing method. Shell all chestnuts, put them in a pot, soak them in boiling water for a while, and stir them with chopsticks, so that the skin of chestnuts will be separated from the meat of chestnuts. However, it should be noted that the soaking time should not be too long, otherwise it will affect the nutritional components of chestnuts.
3. Boil in salt water. Cut a small hole in the middle of chestnuts with a knife, then put the cut chestnuts in salt water, cook for 5 minutes, take them out, and remove the shells and skins of chestnuts while they are hot.
4, rice cooker method. The first step, as above, is to cut chestnuts. Put it in the rice cooker, there is no need to put water in the pot. Press the cooking key, 15 minutes later, take out the chestnuts and peel them.
5, salt water immersion method. Directly pour chestnuts into salted boiled water and blanch for 5 minutes; Then cut a hole with a knife; Shelling and peeling while it is hot; Quite complete.
6. Refrigerator freezing method. After the chestnuts are cooked, they are cooled and frozen in the refrigerator for two hours to separate the shell from the meat. In this way, the chestnut skin can be peeled off quickly and the chestnut meat is complete.
7. Microwave heating method. Cut off the shell of the raw chestnuts with scissors and heat them in the microwave oven for 30 seconds, and the clothes and meat in the inner layer will automatically separate. Before removing the chestnut coat in this way, the shell must be cut open, otherwise the microwave oven may break down.
8. Incision soaking method. Chestnuts are cut in half; Remove the shell; Cover with boiling water and soak for 5 minutes; Easy to peel.
9, thermal expansion and cold contraction method. Peel the chestnut shell with a knife, boil it in boiling water for 3-5 minutes, and soak it in cold water for 3-5 minutes immediately after taking it out. Chestnut skin is easy to peel off, and the taste remains unchanged.
10, sun exposure method. The raw chestnuts to be eaten will crack when exposed to the sun for a day. At this time, whether raw or cooked, it is easy to peel off the shell and thin skin of chestnuts. But chestnuts to be stored can't be dried, because dried chestnuts can't be kept for a long time.
What are the effects of chestnuts?
1, Yiqi Bupi, Jianwei Houchang Chestnut is a dried fruit variety with high carbohydrate content, which can provide more heat energy for human body and help fat metabolism. Ensuring the supply of basic nutrients to the body is known as "hard-core crops" and "woody food", which has the functions of invigorating qi, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach.
2. Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases Chestnuts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, which can effectively prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis, and are beneficial to human health.
3, strengthen muscles and bones, delay aging chestnuts are rich in vitamin C, can maintain the normal functions of teeth, bones, blood vessels and muscles, can prevent osteoporosis, waist and leg pain, muscle pain and fatigue, and delay human aging. It is an ideal health fruit for the elderly.
4, chestnuts are eaten raw, 5 to 8 per day, suitable for vomiting blood and bloody stool.
5, eating 2 chestnuts raw in the morning and evening is beneficial to the elderly with kidney deficiency and frequent urination. Cooking porridge with 10 chestnut, pig kidney, coix seed and rice can treat waist and leg weakness caused by general kidney deficiency.
How to choose chestnuts
1, color: bright red shell, brown, purple, ochre and other colors, the quality is generally good. If the shell is discolored, dull or shaded, it means that the fruit has been eaten by insects or deteriorated by heat.
2, pinching fruit: you can pinch chestnuts by hand, such as solid particles, generally full of flesh; If the particles are empty shells, it means that the flesh has dried, or the meat has become tender after sultry heat.
3. Shake hands: put a handful of chestnuts in your hand, and shake them to make a hulling sound, indicating that the flesh is dry and hard, which may be that chestnuts pretend to be fresh chestnuts in the second year.
4. Taste: Good chestnut kernels are light yellow, compact, fine in meat, low in moisture, high in sweetness, full of waxy taste and rich in flavor; On the other hand, it is hard and tasteless, and the taste is poor.
5, identification: chestnut particles are not as big as possible. Chestnuts in China can be divided into south chestnut and north chestnut. Generally, chestnut granules are small, about 70-80 per 500g, oblate, thin-skinned, easy to shell after frying, uniform in granules and good in quality.
When buying chestnuts, you should also be careful not to pursue white or golden flesh. Golden pulp is probably chemically treated chestnuts, which is harmful to health. On the contrary, if the pulp turns brown after frying or cooking, it is caused by the "browning reaction" of the enzymes contained in chestnuts, which is a normal phenomenon and has no harm to the body.
Matters needing attention in eating chestnuts
1 and 6 chestnuts are equivalent to 2 liang of rice. They have a strong sense of fullness and endure hunger for a long time. They should not eat more, otherwise it will cause indigestion.
2, infants, people with weak spleen and stomach or rheumatism should not eat, chestnut is difficult to digest.
3, diabetic patients should not eat more, because it contains more carbohydrates.
People with weak spleen and stomach should not eat raw chestnuts. Chestnut is not easy to digest when eaten raw, and cooked food is easy to delay eating. Eating too much at a time will hurt the spleen and stomach.
5, chestnut should not be eaten cold, because chestnut starch content is high, cold starch will have some retrogradation, will flatulence.
6, sugar fried chestnuts are unsanitary and should be eaten less.
skill
Chestnuts are fragrant and delicious. But you need to pay attention to your personal physique to see if it is suitable for eating this kind of food. At the same time, if you have diabetes, try to eat less or not. After all, chestnuts have a very high sugar content. Of course, choosing to eat some properly is also good for your health. At the same time, there are many ways to make chestnuts, which can also be made into nutritious meals. I hope you don't miss it.