How to choose button mushrooms? How to clean button mushrooms

Fresh and high-quality mushroom caps are white or gray, and the stems are also white. They are tender and smooth when eaten, and have a very good taste. Many people find that when washing mushrooms, they always feel that the mucus on the surface cannot be washed clean, and it is not very reassuring to eat them. The following will share with you how to clean mushrooms so that we can eat them with more confidence.

Contents of this article

1. How to choose button mushrooms

2. How to clean button mushrooms

3. How to make delicious shiitake mushrooms

How to choose mushrooms

1. Degree of maturity. Generally, mature button mushrooms are black inside and do not taste tender and smooth. They are best when they are 70% to 80% mature.

2. Color identification. Fresh and high-quality button mushrooms have white or gray caps, and their stems are also white. If the button mushrooms are not fresh enough, they will turn yellow easily, which is mostly caused by the mushrooms being old or sprayed with water.

3. Appearance selection. It is best to buy mushrooms with intact surfaces, no rot in shape, no water stains, and no stickiness when touched by hand. In addition, mushroom caps with too large diameters indicate that they are old and affect the taste.

4. Smell. If you smell a sour or smelly smell in mushrooms, they are probably rotten, so you should pay special attention when buying them.

How to clean mushrooms

Many people will find that when cleaning button mushrooms, they always feel that the mucus on the surface cannot be washed clean no matter how hard they try, and it is not very reassuring to eat them. The button mushrooms should be soaked for a period of time before washing. You can use rice water or salt water to soak for about 10 minutes, and then wash them continuously with running water. Especially the pedicles of the button mushrooms are the place where mud and sand are most likely to adhere. Be sure to wash them carefully. If you still feel that they are not clean, you can remove the pedicles. Be careful not to rub them vigorously when washing, because the button mushrooms themselves are relatively fragile. Rubbing them vigorously will cause the button mushrooms to break, and the nutritional value and taste will be greatly reduced.

When cleaning shiitake mushrooms, it is best to soak them in hot water first, soften them and squeeze out the water (the water used for the first soaking of mushrooms must be retained to settle the mud and sand and keep the clear soup for later use). Put the mushrooms in another container, add a handful of table salt, pour some water on it, and then rinse off the salt. The first bowl of water used to soak shiitake mushrooms will be clarified after sedimentation. When making soup, remember to put it into the pot. This will make the soup more delicious.

When people wash mushrooms, they just rinse them in water for a few times and then take them out. In fact, this will make the mushrooms dirtier and dirtier! Because many mushrooms have "gills" on the back, you should soak the mushrooms in warm water for about an hour, and then stir them in one direction for about 10 minutes to let the "gills" of the mushrooms slowly open, so that the sand inside can fall and settle. Especially for dried mushrooms, don't just take them out of the water and squeeze out the water after soaking them. You should soak them in enough water, then gently take them out and rinse them with clean water.

How to make delicious mushrooms

Steak with mushrooms

[Ingredients]: 220 grams of steak, 30 grams of tomato sauce, 5 grams of leek, 5 grams of chopped onion, 100 grams of shiitake mushrooms.

[Seasoning]: 20 grams of salt, 0.3 grams of pepper, 1 gram of oregano, 10 grams of red wine, 15 grams of skimming oil, and 15 grams of butter.

【Preparation method】:

Marinate the steak with salt, pepper, chopped onion, chopped celery, and oregano. Fry the steak until it is done. Pour olive oil into a frying pan. Add chopped onion and chopped celery and fry until fragrant, then add tomato sauce, salt, and pepper to taste. When the sauce is thick, filter it. Pour the sauce on the side of the tray, put the mushrooms fried with butter in the middle, and place the fried steak on the mushrooms.

Stewed Snow Clam with Mushrooms

[Ingredients] 100 grams of soaked snow frog oil, 10 grams of soaked shiitake mushrooms, 10 grams of winter bamboo shoots, 10 grams of peas, 25 grams of lard, 1.5 grams of salt, 10 grams of soy sauce, 5 grams of Shaoxing wine, 10 grams of green onions, 10 grams of ginger, 2.5 grams of sesame oil, 15 grams of wet starch, 350 grams of chicken broth, and 1 gram of pepper.

【Preparation method】

① Cut the winter bamboo shoots into small elephant-eye slices, cut the soaked shiitake mushrooms into small slices, chop the coriander, and cut the green onion and ginger into pieces.

② Put lard in a spoon, and when the oil is hot, add scallions and ginger to the pot, add soy sauce and chicken soup. After boiling, remove the scallions and ginger, add snow frog oil, Shaoxing wine, MSG, pepper water, winter bamboo shoots, peas, pepper powder, and shiitake mushrooms. After boiling, skim off the foam, thicken the rice soup with wet starch, drizzle with sesame oil, sprinkle with coriander, and serve in a soup plate.

Mushroom Cucumber

[Ingredients] 0.5 pound of shiitake mushrooms, 1 cucumber, 5 grams of green onions.

[Seasoning] 5 grams of salt, 3 grams of sugar, 2 tablespoons of water starch.

【practice】:

1. Wash and slice the cucumber and shiitake mushrooms, and cut the green onions into oblique sections.

2. When the oil is 60% hot, add the chopped green onion and stir-fry until fragrant. Add the shiitake mushrooms and stir-fry until the mushrooms become soft and the color becomes darker.

3. Add cucumber slices and continue to stir-fry for half a minute. Add salt and sugar to season. Finally, add water starch. When the soup becomes thick, it is ready to be served.