Sold in sugar stained paper bags, sugar roasted chestnuts are undoubtedly one of the most ubiquitous street snacks in Beijing. Especially during the freezing winter, holding a small paper bag of roasted chestnuts in hands, you would feel warm and sweet from the inside.

With abundant nutrient contents and high medicinal value, Chestnut has been regarded as a kind of valuable nut from ancient times. Eating chestnuts helps to boost metabolism and nourish stomach and spleen since it is rich in protein and vitamin B. The appearance of sugar roasted chestnuts shows dark brown and oily, and it tastes sweet and delicious. However, it is worth noting that eating too much chestnuts may cause some side effects such as digestion problem.

How to make sugar roasted chestnuts at home?

Ingredients: 500 grams of chestnuts, 20 grams of rock sugar and 5 ml cooking oil.

1.Wash chestnuts clean and then make “X”-shaped cuts in the bellies of raw chestnuts.

2.Place the ingredients and some water in the electric rice cooker.

3.Press cook for 30 minutes.

4.Here we have made delicious sugar roasted chestnuts.