Pan fried chestnuts recipes

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-12 17:37

• Category:

  Snack

• Cooking time:

  1 hour

Ingredients

chestnuts

Roasted chestnuts have an unusual taste, and not everyone may like it. But it's worth a try, because such a nut is very useful. The main thing is to know how to properly fry them in a pan at home.

Which chestnuts to choose

Before moving on to the recipe and telling you how to fry chestnuts at home in a pan, you need to learn how to choose nuts.

Not every chestnut is edible, and the following types of nuts are traditionally used in cooking:

• American;
• Japanese (crenate);
• Chinese (softest);
• sowing;
• undersized.

Edible chestnuts can be recognized by their elongated shape, which outwardly resembles an onion with a small tail. Also, these chestnuts have a thorny shell of green.

Chestnuts, which can be used in cooking, do not grow in Russia. Horse chestnuts are planted in the alleys, the fruits of which should never be eaten, they are poisonous.

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The benefits and harms of chestnuts

If you are tired of traditional cereals, you can watch a video and find out how to fry chestnuts in a pan at home. This is a great option to diversify the menu and benefit your body. The fact is that chestnuts are rich in vegetable protein, which is very important for those who are adherent of vegetarianism.

In addition, nuts have a high energy value, so chestnuts can be the best helpers for fatigue and weakness. And also a good companion for those who like to eat before bed.

Chestnuts are useful for respiratory diseases and varicose veins. For women, such a nut can be an invaluable medicine for mastopathy and mastitis.

Before introducing a new product into the diet, you need to find out about its contraindications. So chestnuts should not be consumed by those who have problems with excess weight, allergies, low blood pressure, acute gastritis and poor blood clotting.

Fried chestnuts in a pan

Despite the fact that edible chestnuts do not grow in our country, today you can buy such a nut in any store or bazaar. Chestnuts are fried in the oven, but you should start with the simplest recipe with a photo and tell you step by step how to cook them in a pan at home. And for this we only need the nuts themselves, about 500 g.

Preparation:

Fill the chestnuts with cool water, leave for 15 minutes, then rinse and dry again. If in the process of soaking some fruits surfaced, then discard them immediately. We use only those that have gone to the bottom

Now we take a nut and make a crosswise incision on each

Preheat a dry frying pan, pour out the chestnuts, cover and fry for 10-15 minutes

During the roasting process, the nuts should open, and the flesh should come out slightly

That's all, we cool the chestnuts a little, peel them and taste them. Sprinkle them with salt or sugar if desired

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An incision must be made, you can chop the nuts with a fork. If this is not done, then the nuts, when heated, will simply begin to explode and scatter throughout the kitchen.

Roasted chestnuts with butter and salt

As a rule, at home, chestnuts are fried in a pan without oil, but if desired, the nuts can be cooked with the addition of such a vegetable product so that they are not so dry.

Ingredients:

• 1, 3 kg chestnuts;
• 150 ml of water;
• 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• salt to taste.

Preparation:

We wash the chestnuts well, dry them and make an incision so that they do not explode

Pour the chestnuts into the pan, add water and cook, covered, for 10 minutes

After the chestnuts, stir and, if the water has completely evaporated, add oil, nuts, salt and fry under the lid for another 15 minutes

If the chestnuts become soft when pressed, then turn off the heating, and put the nuts on a napkin

Cool slightly and serve

You need to peel chestnuts from the shell while they are still warm. If the nuts are completely cool, the shells will become harder and more difficult to remove. It is also necessary to clean the nuts from internal membranes and films.

Chestnuts with honey

If you know how to properly fry chestnuts in a pan in their shells, and add honey, lemon and feijoa to the nuts, then at home you can get a dessert with an interesting combination of different tastes.

Ingredients:

• 200 g chestnuts;
• 200 g feijoa;
• half a lemon;
• honey to taste.

Preparation:

We wash the chestnuts, dry them, make an incision on the fruits and fry them in a dry frying pan under the lid for 15 minutes

We peel the finished nuts, cut them in half and put them in a deep plate. We clean the feijoa from the peel, cut it into thin plates and send it to the chestnuts

Pour lemon juice on the ingredients, add honey to taste

We mix everything and get a delicious, healthy and unusual dessert

To make it easier to peel the chestnuts, you can put the nuts in a steam bath for a short time before sending them to the pan. Or just wrap ready-made nuts with a damp towel.

Chestnuts with Brussels sprouts

If you want to try something new, then at home you can cook chestnuts with Brussels sprouts. The dish turns out to be interesting, tasty and spicy. It can be served separately or as a side dish for meat. The recipe with the photo is very simple, you just need to fry the ingredients in a pan.

Ingredients:

• 400 g chestnuts;
• 500 g brussels sprouts;
• 2-3 onions;
• 3 tbsp. l. tomato sauce;
• 1 tbsp. l. olive oil;
• 1 tsp sweet syrup;
• salt and pepper to taste;
• a pinch of nutmeg.

Preparation:

We wash the Brussels sprouts well and send them to a saucepan with boiling salted water for 20 minutes

At this time, peel the chestnuts, finely chop the onion and fry it in a pan with oil until golden brown

After that, pour the chestnuts to the onion vegetable, pour in the sweet syrup and fry for 5 minutes with constant stirring

Now add cabbage, tomato sauce to the nuts, add salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste

Mix everything, add a little water and simmer under the lid for 15 minutes

If desired, add a couple of garlic cloves for piquancy and fresh herbs when serving.

Pasta with chestnuts and chanterelles

Even an Italian dish like pasta can also be made with chestnuts. In the proposed recipe, chanterelles are used, but if there are no such mushrooms, then we take ordinary champignons.

Ingredients:

• 500 g of pasta;
• 500 g of chanterelles;
• a handful of chestnuts;
• 100 g of hard cheese;
• 2 heads of shallots;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 100 ml cream;
• 2 tbsp. l. olive oil;
• 2 tsp butter;
• 1 tsp sea salt;
• parsley.

Preparation:

Boil the pasta until al dente, then drain the water and leave it aside for now

We crush the cloves of garlic with a knife and send them to the pan with olive oil

Finely chop the shallots, add to the garlic and lightly fry

Now add chanterelles to the vegetables, salt the mushrooms, mix and, without covering, fry for 5-7 minutes

Boil the chestnuts for 15 minutes, peel them, chop finely and pour into the pan, mix everything, fry a little and pour in the cream

Now we shift pasta to mushrooms and nuts, add a little broth in which the pasta was cooked, mix

Sprinkle everything with grated cheese and bring the dish to readiness in the oven for 15 minutes, but you can also cook on the stove

Sprinkle the pasta with chopped parsley and serve

Chestnuts can be used in various dishes, you can bake chicken with them, make a delicious soup or serve an unusual dessert on the table.

Chestnuts can be called a real delicacy, and if you know how to properly fry them in a pan at home, you can get a tasty and healthy dish. Such exotic nuts can be served simply by sprinkling them with salt or sugar as a side dish, or you can please your loved ones with an unusual dessert.