Raw chestnuts can't be eaten. All chestnuts need to be boiled or steamed before eating. Everyone who has eaten chestnuts knows that chestnuts must be peeled before eating, but some chestnuts are particularly easy to peel, and some chestnuts will stick to the fruit and it is difficult to peel them off. It is precisely because in the process of steaming chestnuts that people do not grasp the time of steaming chestnuts accurately. Let's see how raw chestnuts are steamed.

material

Main ingredient: 500g chestnut.

Accessories osmanthus fragrans 1 small handle

Steamed chestnut with osmanthus

1. Wash chestnut with clean water.

2. Cut a hole in each chestnut with a knife, about 5 mm deep (pay attention to safety, operate with one hand, never hold the chestnut with one hand, and no one can guarantee whether the knife is chopped or chopped)

3. Boil the water in the steamer, spread the chestnut on the steamer, sprinkle a handful of dried osmanthus, and cover it.

4. Keep the fire medium, and steam for 15 minutes until the chestnut opens.

Kitchen tips

1, when buying chestnuts, choose chestnuts with full grains and medium heads. Don't buy too big, it's not easy to cook. I bought a small Castanea henryi (the stall with sugar fried chestnuts asked the boss to buy it raw).

2. Cut a hole in chestnuts with a knife and pierce the chestnut skin, which can make chestnuts easier to cook and shorten the steaming time. If you don't cut a hole, the steaming time should be extended.

3. When cutting each chestnut, you don't need to cut it. The raw chestnut skin is so hard that it can't be cut at all. You can cut it one by one with a knife. The scene is quite hot. When cutting, pay attention to clearing the field to prevent accidents. If you really can't, you can also consider cutting a hole with scissors, and the effect is the same.

4. There are differences in the size of chestnuts. When the steaming is almost the same, you can take out a chestnut and taste it first (at this time, chestnuts are very hot, so be careful not to burn your mouth). If it is not ripe, extend the steaming time. Chestnuts must be completely steamed to be delicious.

5. The pot for steaming chestnuts should be deeper, so that the water in the pot will not overflow chestnuts when the water level rises after boiling.