VIDEO: Fry chestnuts in a pan
Have you ever thought of using chestnuts as a garnish to serve with a leg of duck or goose? It is not absolutely necessary to cook the chestnuts in the oven beforehand, as you can save yourself this time-consuming effort. Ready-cooked chestnuts can be vacuum-packed in the fruit- and vegetable section of your supermarket and use them immediately by frying them in the pan.
Chestnuts as a side dish are little work
- The vacuum-packed chestnuts are ready to cook. You don't need to clean or wash them.
- The chestnuts are simply unseasoned, so you can spice up their mild aroma with the help of very simple spices in the pan.
- Open the cardboard box and cut open the vacuum bag. As soon as you hear a slight hissing sound, the plastic bag is open and you can remove the chestnuts and put them in the pan.
How to fry sweet chestnuts in the pan
- Heat a tablespoon of butter in the pan.
- Once the butter is liquid, turn the pan down to medium heat.
- Now add the chestnuts from the package to the melted butter in the pan and fry them lightly. Please make sure that the chestnuts do not turn black and turn them over and over!
- As soon as the chestnuts are warmed through, sprinkle a teaspoon of sugar over them and turn the chestnuts for another minute.
- Then add a little salt to taste and serve hot as a side dish.
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As this recipe shows, you can prepare vacuum-packed chestnuts in a pan. But heating in the microwave or in a water bath is also possible without any problems.
