Easily Peel Chestnuts with a Pressure Cooker
- 1 as much (to taste) Fresh Chestnuts
- Wash the chestnuts and make a cut into the top (or bottom) of each.
- If you cut deeply, you can peel all the way to the inner skin.
- (If you cut shallow, then you can peel to the outer shell, for cooking chestnuts in their inner skins)
- Put the chestnuts into the pot, add enough water to cover, and close the lid.
- If you soaked the chestnuts for over half a day, it's okay to use the steamer basket with about 200 ml of water, too!
- If you did not soak them for long, put enough water to cover as noted in Step 2.
- Heat to medium or high heat.
- Once it starts to steam, cool in cold running water for 2 minutes to quickly lower the pressure (It seems the pressure level differs by maker.)
- It usually takes about 1~5 minutes of heating.
- The previously cut part rips off easily to peel.
- This is a chestnut cut on the bottom.
- It's easy to peel, too!
- Peel using your fingers from the open slit.
- It seems the older chestnuts are difficult to peel the inner skin.
- I finished peeling without scratching them too much.
- What do you think?
- The open slits looks like they're smiling, right?
- After you finish, cook them in your desired methods.
- If you cook the chestnuts all the way through, they easily fall apart, so the leave the chestnuts slightly under cooked.
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Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/143526-easily-peel-chestnuts-with-a-pressure-cooker (may not work)