Don’t throw away the orange peel after eating. Here are a few simple steps to teach you how to make appetizing snacks without any bitter taste!

I went out to buy vegetables a few days ago and bought four oranges. The oranges I bought were fresh and plump. After eating the pulp, I couldn’t bear to throw away the yellow and orange peels, so I decided to make an appetizer. Snacks! Orange peels, like grapefruit peels and kumquat peels, can be used to make soft and waxy orange peel candies, which not only taste fresh, but are also good for digestion and appetizing!

Many people have eaten Jiuzhi tangerine peel. Adults can accept the taste, but children cannot accept it. They always feel that there is a smell of Chinese medicine, and fresh orange peels have a pure orange fragrance. After being boiled, it is not pungent or bitter, and tastes naturally sweet.

Making orange peel candy is not complicated. As long as you pay attention to a few small details, you can remove the bitter taste. It is a very simple step, let’s learn it together!

Orange peel sugar

Main ingredients: 4 orange peels, a tablespoon of xylitol or white sugar, 2 grams of salt, and appropriate amount of water.

Specific methods

1. After eating the oranges, collect the orange peels, do not just throw them aside! Soak the peels of the earliest oranges you eat with water. Change the water every half a day until you have collected enough.

2. It is easier to remove the white sacs inside oranges soaked in water. Cut the orange into smaller strips, hold the knife at a 30-degree angle to the orange peel, and gently push forward to remove the white sac, leaving only the orange peel.

3. Break all the orange peel into small pieces, pour it into the pot, add a spoonful of salt, add water, bring to a boil over high heat, and continue to cook for 2 minutes. Take out the orange peel and wash it several times. After boiling it in salt water, taste the orange peel and there is almost no bitterness.

4. Pour the orange peel back into the pot, add a spoonful of sugar, and I used xylitol. Add a bowl of water and cook over high heat until the orange peel becomes transparent. Stir and cook until the water is completely dry.

5. Spread the cooked orange peel on oil paper and let it dry in the sun for a day. The half-dried orange peel will become chewy.

6. The sun-dried orange peel can be eaten directly, or it can be coated with a layer of powdered sugar or a layer of white sugar.

The particularly delicious, healthy and appetizing orange peel candy is ready. The peels of four oranges are used to make such a small bowl, which is not enough for the children to eat. You can do this if you have grapefruit peels or kumquats at home. It’s okay to store the finished orange peel candy for a week. You can work together with your children and have endless fun!

Tips

1. The white part inside the orange peel is very bitter and must be removed thoroughly. This step is also time-consuming.

2. After boiling the orange peel in salt water, taste it. If there is still a bitter taste, you can boil it again with salt water.

3. The amount of sugar or xylitol added to the cooked orange peel depends entirely on the sweetness you like. When collecting the juice, be sure to be careful not to burn it.

4. The cooked orange peel can be dried in the sun, or you can bake it in an oven at a low temperature until it is semi-dry. Sun-dried until completely dry and easy to bite.