1. Hot water soaking method: Wash the raw chestnuts and put them into a container, add a little salt, immerse them in boiling water, and cover the pot. After 5 minutes, take out the chestnuts and cut them open. The chestnut skin will fall off together with the chestnut shell. This method saves time and effort by removing the chestnut skin.
2. Stirring method with chopsticks: Cut the chestnuts into two halves, remove the shells and put them into a basin. Add boiling water to soak for a while, stir with chopsticks, and the skin of the chestnuts will be separated from the chestnut meat. But be careful, the soaking time cannot be too long, otherwise it will affect the nutritional content of chestnuts.
3. Boiling in salt water: Use a knife to cut a small slit in the middle of the chestnuts, then put the cut chestnuts in salt water, cook for 5 minutes, take them out, and remove the shells and skins of the chestnuts while they are hot.
4. Rice cooker method: The first step is the same as above, which is to cut the chestnuts. Place it in the rice cooker, no need to put water in the cooker. Press the cooking button and after 15 minutes, take out the chestnuts and peel them.
5. Salt water soaking method: Pour the chestnuts directly into salted boiling water for 5 minutes; then cut a slit with a knife; remove the shells and skin while they are hot; they should be quite intact.
6. Refrigerator freezing method: After the chestnuts are cooked, cool them and put them in the refrigerator for two hours to separate the shell and meat. In this way, the chestnut skin is peeled off quickly and the chestnut meat is intact.
7. Microwave heating method: Use scissors to cut the outer shell of the purchased raw chestnuts, and heat them in the microwave at high temperature for 30 seconds. The inner layer of clothing and meat will automatically separate. Before using this method to remove chestnut coating, be sure to cut the shell, otherwise it may cause the microwave oven to malfunction.
8. Incision soaking method: cut the chestnut in half; remove the shell; cover and soak in boiling water for 5 minutes; it is easy to peel.
9. Thermal expansion and contraction method: Use a knife to peel off the chestnut shell, put it into boiling water and cook for 3-5 minutes. After taking it out, immediately put it into cold water and soak it for 3-5 minutes. It is easy to peel. Remove the chestnut coating and keep the taste.
10. Sunlight exposure method: Place the raw chestnuts you want to eat in the sun for a day, and the chestnut shells will crack. At this time, it is easy to peel off the chestnuts whether they are raw or cooked. The outer shell and the thin layer of skin inside. But the chestnuts that are going to be stored cannot be dried, because the dried chestnuts cannot be stored for a long time.
11. Pressure cooker method: After cleaning the chestnuts, cut a slit with a knife and put them in a pressure cooker without adding water. After the chestnuts are filled with air, turn off the heat for three minutes and remove the shells and skins.