How to quickly remove the shell of chestnuts?

In autumn, chestnuts in various places are ripe. The chestnuts in this season are very beautiful, and it is also the season when people eat more chestnuts. In fact, the nutritional value of chestnuts is very high. In addition to being rich in starch, chestnuts are also rich in carotene, riboflavin, etc. However, you will find that fresh chestnuts are difficult to shell. At this time, you can use the following tips.

How to quickly remove the shell of chestnuts?

1. Salt water boiling method

After washing the chestnuts, use a knife to make a small cut in the middle; put them in salt water and cook on the stove for 5 minutes; while they are still hot, remove the shells and skins; when all are peeled, they are still intact.

2. Hot water soaking method

Wash the raw chestnuts, put them in a container, add a little salt, cover them with boiling water, and cover the pot. After 5 minutes, take out the chestnuts and cut them open, the chestnut skin will fall off along with the chestnut shell. This method of removing chestnut skin saves time and effort.

3. Salt water soaking method (strongly recommended)

Pour the chestnuts directly into salt water for 5 minutes; then cut a slit with a knife; remove the shell and skin while hot; quite intact.

4. Incision Soaking Method

Cut chestnuts in half; remove the shells; soak in boiling water, covered, for 5 minutes; the skins can be easily removed.

5. Chopstick stirring method

Cut the chestnuts in half, peel them and put them in a basin. Add boiling water and soak them for a while. Stir them with chopsticks and the skin will separate from the flesh. But be careful, the soaking time should not be too long, otherwise it will affect the nutritional content of the chestnuts.

6. Refrigerator Freezer Method

After the chestnuts are cooked, cool them down and place them in the refrigerator for two hours to separate the shell and the meat. This way, the chestnut skin can be peeled quickly and the chestnut meat remains intact.

What shouldn’t be eaten with chestnuts?

1. Chestnut + Lamb

Getting angry and vomiting. Chestnuts cannot be eaten together with mutton, because both chestnuts and mutton are very hot foods. If you eat them at the same time, it is easy to cause getting a sore throat. Furthermore, both are difficult to digest, and it is not suitable to stew or stir-fry them together. Eating them together may even cause vomiting.

2. Chestnut + beef

Abdominal distension, vomiting and indigestion. The vitamins in chestnuts easily react with the trace elements in beef, which weakens the nutritional value of chestnuts and makes them difficult to digest. Beef is warm in nature, and it has the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, strengthening the waist and legs, and replenishing the middle and benefiting qi; while chestnuts are salty and warm in nature, and have the effects of nourishing the kidney qi, replenishing qi and thickening the intestines and stomach.

From the perspective of the medicinal properties of food alone, there is no contradiction between the two; but from the perspective of nutritional content, chestnuts are rich in vitamin C, with 40 mg of vitamin C in every 100 grams of chestnuts. However, beef contains carotene, B vitamins and fatty acids. The vitamin C in chestnuts will react chemically with the trace elements in beef, thus losing the original nutritional value of the chestnuts. Moreover, eating chestnuts and beef can cause symptoms of bloating, vomiting and indigestion. Therefore, beef should not be eaten with chestnuts. It is best to eat them separately after a period of time.

3. Chestnut + Tofu

May cause stones. Tofu contains magnesium chloride and calcium sulfate, while chestnuts contain oxalic acid. The two foods together can produce magnesium oxalate and calcium oxalate. These two white precipitates not only affect the body's absorption of calcium, but also easily lead to stones. Similarly, tofu cannot be eaten with bamboo shoots, wild rice stems, spinach, etc.

4. Chestnut + Almond

Eating them together will cause stomachache. Chestnuts cannot be eaten with almonds, as eating them together will cause stomach pain. Because almonds contain a high amount of oil and can easily cause diarrhea, they cannot be eaten with chestnuts. Almonds are hot foods and are slightly toxic. Eating too much can damage the muscles and bones and cause recurrence of old diseases. However, chestnuts contain more vitamin C. Therefore, if you eat chestnuts and almonds together, you will experience stomach pain. If you already have stomach problems, it will cause a recurrence of the problem.