Microwave Sugar Chestnut

Name: Microwave Sugar Chestnut
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500g Fresh chestnut; Some White sugar; 1 piece Microwave glass lunch box

by Cat's Private Kitchen

4.9 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

10m

Serving

2

In the golden autumn season, it is the best season to eat chestnut. The streets and alleys began to sell shining candied chestnuts. As everyone knows, under this shiny and beautiful appearance, there are hidden "industry rules": 1. In order to increase the sweetness of chestnuts, they are soaked with saccharin and water to increase the sweetness and weight; 2. Add them when frying. Paraffin wax, in order to make the chestnut surface shiny. Do you dare to eat such beauty chestnuts?

Chestnut has high nutritional value and is called the "king of a thousand fruits" among nuts. Its potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc, manganese and other mineral elements contribute to the development of human bones and metabolism. Chestnut has invigorating spleen and stomach, nourishing qi, It has the functions of invigorating the kidney, strengthening the waist, strengthening the muscles, stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and strengthening the heart, and it is a nut food for all ages.

How to choose fresh chestnuts
1. Look at the color. Chestnuts with a dark brown surface with a little red head are generally good chestnuts. If the outer shell is discolored, dull or dark, it indicates that the fruit has been eaten by insects or deteriorated by heat.

2. Pinch it. Pinch the chestnut with your hands. If the chestnut shell is very hard, it means the fruit is plump. If the pellets are soft, the flesh has shrunk.

3. Shake it. Shake the chestnut in your ear. If there is no sound, it means the fruit is fresh. If you can hear the sound, it means the fruit is hard and dry. Don't buy it. "

Ingredients

Microwave Sugar Chestnut

1. Fresh chestnuts cleaned

2. Use a knife to make a cut on the bulging side, not too deep, just cut through the epidermis.

3. Put 500 grams into the microwave glass lunch box twice, don't put too much at one time, otherwise the heating will not be easy to penetrate.

4. Open the vent of the microwave lunch box

5. Heat in the microwave on high heat for 2 minutes

6. Two minutes later, the chestnut's incision has been split

7. Add appropriate amount of white sugar, in fact, the chestnut skin is thicker. The sugar is mainly added to brighten the skin. After the sugar melts, it will hang on the surface of the skin. The chestnut itself is sweeter and the original flavor is already delicious. It may be soaked in saccharin water. If you don’t care about the brightness of the skin, you can just microwave it on high heat for 5 minutes without adding sugar.

8. After adding the sugar, cover the lid and shake it up and down. Because there will be a small amount of water in the lunch box after heating, this will ensure that all the sugar is stuck on the surface of the chestnut. Open the vents and continue to turn the microwave on high heat for 3 minutes.

9. How about it, I didn’t expect the delicious candied chestnuts to be so simple.

10. You can take the remaining half and make it in 5 minutes, which saves time and effort, and you are done with the delicious, sugar-free sautéed chestnuts.

11. Although the skin case is not as crisp as the one bought, it is easy to peel, the taste is not bad at all, and the taste is good.

12. There is only one thing to pay attention to. Don't turn the chestnuts on high heat in the microwave oven for too long. 5-6 minutes is appropriate. After a long time, the chestnuts will dry.