The food that the ancients called fragrant sugar was fried chestnuts with sugar. In Beijing, sugar-fried chestnuts are a popular autumn snack. Stir-fried with chestnuts, wrapped in a layer of sweet sugar, soft and sweet, so it is known as "fragrant sugar". This snack is often sold in the streets of Beijing, especially in autumn, and people like to taste this delicious chestnut. Its making process includes frying chestnuts with sugar.

Chestnut fried with sugar is often mentioned in ancient literary works, which shows that it has always been a popular snack in history. People call it fragrant sugar. This delicious snack not only satisfies people's taste buds, but also carries the memories and emotions of autumn in Beijing. Beijing chestnuts are delicious because the fried chestnuts are fragrant, sweet and waxy, with delicate taste and rich nutrition, especially the astringent skin on the inner layer is easy to peel off.

Characteristics of sugar-fried chestnuts;

1, attractive color

After the process of sugar frying, the chestnut skin becomes golden yellow, shiny and attractive.

2. The taste is sweet

Sugar-fried chestnuts are fried with syrup, which makes chestnuts wrapped in a sweet sugar coating and tastes more sweet and delicious.

3. Diversified diet

Chestnuts can be cooked with dates to make chestnut jujube soup, salted chestnuts with salt, and traditional foods such as Laba porridge. Stir-fried chestnuts with sugar is the most common way to eat them, which is deeply loved by consumers.

4. Long history and culture

Chestnut fried with sugar is a famous local flavor food in Beijing and Tianjin, which has a long tradition. According to Lu You's "Laughing at the Old Learning Temple" in the Southern Song Dynasty, the technology of sugar-fried chestnuts has been widely circulated in the Northern Song Dynasty, and its reputation is abroad.