1 How long does it take to cook chestnuts

Chestnuts before cooking must use a knife to cut a knife across the shell of the two-thirds of the cut, so that when cooking the meat inside the water will absorb part of their own rise, out of the cooked fast, generally cooked on the 15 minutes on the cook, the problem to pay attention to is: do not cook too much water. Otherwise it will make the chestnuts in the sugar dissolved, lose the original sweet flavor. Cooked with a large fire can be used to dry out the water, so that the chestnuts will be cooked out more delicious.

2 How to cook chestnuts to taste the first

clean chestnuts, with a knife cut "ten" word, and then boil water in the pot, pour chestnuts into the boil for about 5 minutes, add the right amount of salt, cover the lid of the pot to simmer for a while, and then put up in cold water to cool down, after draining the water and eat it is very tasty.

The second

Ingredients: chestnuts, sugar.

Practice: 1, first of all, will be ready to clean the chestnuts.

2, with a knife in the chestnut tip open a small cross.

3, cold water in the pot began to cook 20 minutes.

4, when the pot of water boiling, add the right amount of sugar continue to cook for 20 minutes and then turn off the fire, simmer for 10 minutes on it.

5, cooked chestnuts.

6, chestnuts open mouth, like petals, very good peeling, pink quite delicious yo.

3 Chestnut efficacy and role

Chestnut efficacy: benefit gas spleen, stomach and thick intestines; prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease; strong bones, delay aging

Chestnut is a high carbohydrate content of dried fruit varieties, can supply the human body with more calories, and can help the fat metabolism. Ensure that the body's basic nutrient supply, there is a "hardcore crop", "woody food" said. Thus, chestnuts are beneficial to the spleen, thick complementary role of the stomach and intestines.

Chestnuts contain a lot of starch, protein, fat, B vitamins and other nutrients, can effectively prevent and treat hypertension, coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases, beneficial to human health.

Chestnuts are rich in vitamin C, able to maintain the normal function of teeth, bones, blood vessels and muscles, can prevent and treat osteoporosis, lumbar and leg pain, pain in the muscles and bones, fatigue and so on. Often eat raw chestnuts and the treatment of lumbar and leg pain, the efficacy of the Shu Shu.

4 How to remove the skin and shell of chestnuts

1. Salt water cooking method, in the middle of the chestnut incision, put in salt water, cook for 5 minutes, remove the shell and skin of chestnuts while hot.

2. Hot water immersion method, cleaned into the vessel, add refined salt, submerged in boiling water, cover the pot, 5 minutes to remove the cut peeling.

3. incision soaking method, cut in half, shelling, cover the lid with boiling water to soak for five minutes, chopstick stirring method, cut in half, shelling, add boiling water and stir.