What is the best way to wash fresh mushrooms?

Mushrooms are a food ingredient with very high nutritional value. There are many types of mushrooms, and edible mushrooms are very important in people's diet. Although mushrooms are delicious, they are difficult to clean. This is because most mushrooms grow out of the soil and carry a lot of mud and sand. If they are not cleaned properly, their edibility will be seriously affected. Let’s take a look at the best way to wash fresh mushrooms.

Mushrooms have high nutritional value and can be made into a variety of delicious dishes. However, the surface of mushrooms is covered with mucus and easily contains dirt, making it very troublesome to clean them.

1. There is mucus on the surface of mushrooms, and the mud and sand on it are not easy to wash off. When washing mushrooms, you can add a little salt to the water and soak the mushrooms for a while to wash off the mucus and mud.

2. Soak the mushrooms in rice washing water for 10 minutes and then wash them clean.

3. Add a little white sugar to warm water, soak the washed and cut mushrooms in the water. Adding sugar while soaking the mushrooms can make the mushrooms absorb water faster and maintain their original fragrance. The mushrooms also absorb sugar during the soaking process, and the taste will be more delicious when cooked.

4. If the mushrooms are dirty, soak them in light salt water and stir the salt water in the same direction, so that the dust and impurities stuck on the surface of the mushrooms can be quickly washed away.

5. Before washing the mushrooms, it is best to remove the hard stem with sand at the bottom of the mushroom stem, because this part is not easy to clean even if soaked in salt water, and it is not easy to be digested by the human body.

6. The dirtiest part of the mushroom is the stalk, so it is best to cut it off. The main nutrients of the mushroom are in the cap, which is also a relatively clean part. It does not need to be washed excessively, otherwise the original nutrients of the mushroom will be lost.

When choosing mushrooms, choose those that are thick, fleshy, tender, not moldy, not worm-eaten, and free of impurities. Poisonous mushrooms are brightly colored, with red, purple, yellow or other colorful spots on the cap, a red base, abnormal shape, and a pungent, foul and bitter taste.