Tips for peeling raw chestnuts

The nutritional value of chestnuts is very high. There are many ways to eat chestnuts. Many people like to eat chestnuts. Some people like to buy raw chestnuts. Raw chestnuts can not only be eaten directly, but also made into other delicacies. Raw chestnuts can be made as you want, but it is very difficult to peel raw chestnuts, especially when peeling. What are the techniques for peeling raw chestnuts?

Tips for peeling raw chestnuts

Boiling water soaking method

1. Soak the raw chestnuts in boiling water to remove the chestnut skin as soon as possible. Before peeling, you need to wash the raw chestnuts with clean water, then heat water in a pot and boil it, and put the good raw chestnuts into the pot.

2. Cover the pot and soak for five minutes. Then open the lid, take out the chestnuts, cut a hole in the chestnut shell with scissors, and gently pinch it with your fingers to crack the shell and easily take out the chestnut meat.

Microwave Peeling

1. If you want to easily remove the shell of raw chestnuts, you can use the microwave at home and put the chestnuts into the microwave. Before that, you should use scissors to cut two small holes on the chestnut skin.

2. Put the cut raw chestnuts into an inverted plate and heat them directly in the microwave on high heat for three minutes. Take it out after heating. You will find that the skin of the raw chestnut has cracked directly along the small cut. You can take out the flesh inside by gently peeling it with your hands.

Peeling by machine

The above two methods of removing the skin of raw chestnuts both work on the principle of thermal expansion and contraction. By heating the inside, the outer shell expands, making it easy to take out the flesh. In addition to these two methods of removing the skin of raw chestnuts, you can also peel the raw chestnuts with a special machine. In many markets, merchants selling raw chestnuts have special peeling machines that can peel the chestnuts for free after purchase. However, this type of machine does not peel cleanly, and you need to go home and do it yourself.

The fastest way to peel raw chestnuts

1. Cut and cook

If you want to quickly peel off the shells of raw chestnuts, the best way is to wash the raw chestnuts, cut a slit in the middle of each chestnut with a knife, then add water to a pot and bring it to a boil, then pour all the cut chestnuts into the pot, cook quickly, and take them out after five minutes. At this time, its shell will become very loose and will fall off with a light peel of your hands.

2. Oven peeling

The skin of raw chestnuts can also be removed as quickly as possible with the help of an oven. When necessary, you can wash the purchased raw chestnuts with clean water, drain the surface moisture, and then use scissors to cut a hole in each chestnut, put it in the baking tray of the oven, and bake it at 200 degrees for five minutes. After taking it out, you will see that its shell has automatically opened a big mouth, and you can directly take out the flesh inside from the opening.