{"id":15656,"date":"2013-11-18T08:08:21","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T14:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.zdoeuih2-liquidwebsites.com\/?p=15656"},"modified":"2019-11-02T15:57:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T20:57:46","slug":"prep-chestnuts-baking-sauteeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/prep-chestnuts-baking-sauteeing\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prep Chestnuts for Baking or Saut\u00e9eing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/soak-chestnuts-in-water.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15657 aligncenter\" alt=\"soak chestnuts in water\" src=\"http:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/soak-chestnuts-in-water.jpg\" width=\"526\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/soak-chestnuts-in-water.jpg 526w, https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/soak-chestnuts-in-water-300x407.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/soak-chestnuts-in-water-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/soak-chestnuts-in-water-309x420.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This helps the chestnuts&#8217; hard outer shell soften up a bit, making it easier to cut an &#8220;x&#8221; over the top (a.k.a. &#8220;scoring&#8221;), which opens up the meat of the chestnut. The hard outer shell would be even more difficult to open up after cooking or baking, so the scoring process gives you a leg up on breaking them open and enjoying once they&#8217;re cooked. For my baked chestnut recipe, click <a href=\"http:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/chicagos-green-city-market-and-a-recipe-for-seasonal-roasted-chestnuts\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This helps the chestnuts&#8217; hard outer shell soften up a bit, making it easier to cut an &#8220;x&#8221; over the top (a.k.a. &#8220;scoring&#8221;), which opens&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3666],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Prep Chestnuts for Baking or Saut\u00e9eing - Yvonne Maffei - Making Global Cuisine Halal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My Halal Kitchen is a halal food and cooking blog featuring culinary tips and healthy halal recipes anyone can make and demonstrating how any cuisine can be made halal. wholesome living, quick recipes, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, food photography, food industry, nutrition, Recipes, Culinary Tips, Aprons, Clean Your Kitchen Green book on eco-friendly cleaning, E-books, Kitchen Gadgets, Table Linens\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/prep-chestnuts-baking-sauteeing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Prep Chestnuts for Baking or Saut\u00e9eing - 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