The most convenient ways to peel chestnut shells are: bottle cap shelling method, chopsticks shelling, refrigerator freezing, and tail cutting.

Method 1, bottle cap shelling method

We can find a plastic bottle cap, usually the cap is about the same size, put the chestnuts, and then on the top of the cut a cross knife, so that it can be easily cut. Finally, we put these chestnuts in the steamer to steam, do not have to dip in water and do not have to worry about the flavor is destroyed.

Method two, chopsticks shell

We can put the chestnuts in the middle of two chopsticks clamped, and then cut into a cross with a knife, cut we can directly soak in the water, soak as much as possible to choose the warm or boiling water, so that you can heat expansion and contraction. The shell will naturally expand when heated, so it will be easier for us to remove the shell.

Method three, refrigerator frozen

You can first wash the chestnuts, and then put the pot to cook. After cooking, we put it directly into the refrigerator to freeze, about two hours later, we can take it out and peel it. We all know that it is hot and cold, we can use this principle to remove the shell of chestnuts. Frozen chestnut is very good peeling, and the skin is more complete, do not worry about it will be bad, after peeling can be used to make soup, you can also eat directly.

Method 4, cut the tail

Use a knife to cut off the tail of the chestnut, cut down, we soak it in boiling water for about ten minutes, so that its shell can be removed. Or prepare an iron pot, and a bag of chestnuts, the pot does not put anything, turn on the fire, chestnuts directly into the frying, about five minutes, about half of the chestnuts will crack on their own, and then poured out of the cold for a while peeling can be.

Chestnut and mushroom roast chicken

Information

Chestnuts; chicken thighs 3-4; 1-2 spoons of light soy sauce; sugar; watery mushrooms moderate amount; white pepper moderate amount; rice wine a spoon; salt; Two dried chili peppers; anise; ginger moderate; a small handful of fine green onions.

Practice

1, chestnuts remove the surface of the hard shell, cold water into the pot, open fire and cook until the water boils, do not need to be fished out, directly while hot can be easily peeled off the skin.

2, frying pan under the bottom oil, into the sugar fried sugar color, color to this point can be, into the boiling water to the sugar color, sheng out standby.

3, the pan clean, under the ginger slices burst incense, and then chopped into pieces of chicken thighs stir-fried, stir-fried mushrooms, rice wine along the side of the pan poured down to make it volatile wine flavor.

4, the sugar color water poured into the pot and chicken pieces, chestnuts together to cook, the water boiled skimmed off the floating powder. Under the soy sauce white pepper, anise and dried chili, add salt and sugar to taste, soy sauce do not add too much, black bowl does not look good. Juice dry pot, sprinkle chopped scallions to enhance the color.