Boiled chestnuts with winter melon

Boiled chestnuts with winter melon

Overview

Autumn is the harvest season, and a large number of fresh chestnuts are on the market. Naturally, all kinds of delicious chestnuts are indispensable. Today I cooked it with chestnuts and winter melon. It was unexpectedly delicious. This dish is very simple to operate and is close to boiling. Many friends don’t know how to peel chestnuts. I will share my method here. You can try it to see if it suits you. Cooking

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Wash the fresh chestnuts and use scissors to make a small opening on the obvious edge of the chestnut.

    Boiled chestnuts with winter melon step 1
  2. Use a small dinner fork to poke directly into the skin.

    Boiled chestnuts with winter melon step 2
  3. With a little force, the skin will fall off,

    Boiled chestnuts with winter melon step 3
  4. In the same way, you can remove the entire first layer of chestnut skin.

    Boiled chestnuts with winter melon step 4
  5. A dozen chestnuts were quickly prepared. What should I do with the second layer of skin?

    Boiled chestnuts with winter melon step 5
  6. Don't worry, just boil a pot of water and blanch the chestnut kernels for just one minute.

    Boiled chestnuts with winter melon step 6
  7. Take the chestnuts out of the pot and add cold water. The second layer of skin can be easily removed.

    Boiled chestnuts with winter melon step 7
  8. The perfect chestnut kernels are peeled like this. Cooking porridge and cooking is delicious.

    Boiled chestnuts with winter melon step 8
  9. Sliced winter melon.

    Boiled chestnuts with winter melon step 9
  10. Get the ingredients ready, garlic and carrots are used here.

    Boiled chestnuts with winter melon step 10
  11. Pour oil into the pan and sauté garlic and carrots until fragrant.

    Boiled chestnuts with winter melon step 11
  12. Add the winter melon cubes.

    Boiled chestnuts with winter melon step 12
  13. Because the little girl loves winter melon very much, I specially added a lot of winter melon.

    Boiled chestnuts with winter melon step 13
  14. Add half a bowl of water. It is best to use stock here. If there is no stock, just use green water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to a simmer and add salt and soy sauce. Just put the chopped green onion on top of the pan.

    Boiled chestnuts with winter melon step 14