Every year, when hairy chestnuts enter the sales market in batches, you will see that the business of roadside chestnut shops is just booming, and people who buy chestnuts in groups queue up. Everyone wants to buy some snacks to pass the time. Chestnut is not only refreshing and sweet, but also beneficial to human body. But when we eat chestnuts, we all encounter the same distress, that is, the furry skin on chestnuts is difficult to eliminate. Here, I strongly recommend several good methods to peel chestnuts.

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How to peel chestnuts

First, how to peel chestnuts?

1, soaked in boiling water

Wash raw chestnuts with cold water, put them in a high-temperature resistant container, soak them in boiling water, and cover them. After 5 minutes, pick the chestnuts and cut them with a knife, so that the chestnut skin can fall off and the coat inside will fall off, saving costs.

2. Stir wooden chopsticks

Cut the chestnuts into two pieces, shell them, then put them in a pot, soak them in boiling water for a while, and stir them with wooden chopsticks, so that the chestnut skin will be separated from the chestnut meat. Pay attention to the soaking time should not be too long, otherwise it will destroy the nutrients of chestnuts.

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How to peel chestnuts

Step 3 freeze in the refrigerator

Cook chestnuts first, then put them in the refrigerator for 2 hours, so that the shell and meat can be easily separated.

4. Microwave oven

First cut the chestnut shell with scissors, then put it in a microwave oven and heat it for 30 seconds with high fire, and the layer of clothes inside will automatically shed meat. Pay attention to cut the chestnut shell first, otherwise it will cause the common problem of microwave heating.

5, thermal expansion and cold contraction method

First, remove the chestnut shell with a fruit knife, then boil it in boiling water for 3-5 minutes, and immediately soak it in cold water for 3-5 minutes after taking it out. Chestnut skin is very easy to peel, and the taste of chestnut will not change.

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How to peel chestnuts

6, the sun exposure

Put raw chestnuts in the sun for a day, and the chestnuts will crack automatically.

7. Sure, blow dry

When raw chestnuts are dried in a naturally ventilated and dry place for a few days, chestnuts are very easy to peel.

8. Boil with salt

In the case of boiling chestnuts, some salt will naturally be added, so it is very easy to peel after boiling.

Second, the efficacy and role of chestnuts

Chinese medicine believes that chestnut is sweet and warm, non-toxic, and has the effects of nourishing blood, strengthening spleen, thickening stomach, tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, strengthening tendons and bones, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and activating blood circulation and dredging collaterals. Eating chestnut raw or cooked can treat waist and leg weakness, frequent urination, nausea and vomiting, bloody stool, diffuse lymphadenitis, cervical lymphadenitis, intestinal dysfunction caused by spleen and stomach weakness or long-term infertility caused by kidney deficiency. Burning charcoal with dried chestnut shells, grinding into powder, adding pure honey and running water to treat internal hemorrhoid bleeding. Chestnut contains unsaturated fat and various nutrients, which can resist diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis.