How to wash bamboo fungus

Bamboo fungus is a highly nutritious mushroom dish, but many people find that the dishes they make from it are inedible, either with a strange smell or with too much sand when eating. In fact, these problems are normal. It is not that the quality of the bamboo fungus you buy is bad, but that you do not clean the bamboo fungus properly before cooking, or the cleaning method is wrong, which makes the bamboo fungus difficult to swallow. If you have encountered similar situations, then follow the editor to learn how to wash bamboo fungus.

How to wash bamboo fungus

1. Bamboo fungus should be soaked in warm water. Too high water temperature will cause the nutrients of bamboo fungus to be lost. In addition, a small amount of edible salt needs to be added to the warm water for soaking bamboo fungus, which can kill various bacteria on the surface of bamboo fungus.

2. After soaking the bamboo fungus in warm water, it is best to change the water every thirty minutes or so. From the beginning of soaking to the end of soaking, the water needs to be changed three to four times. The soaking time of bamboo fungus should be about two to three hours.

3. When changing the water for the bamboo fungus, you should clean it properly and remove all the dirt on it. Then take it out and use a pair of scissors to cut off the small white circle at one end of the bamboo fungus.

4. The small white ring at one end of the bamboo fungus is the reason why people say the bamboo fungus tastes wrong after cooking. In addition, if you don’t like the mesh on the top of the bamboo fungus, you can remove it before eating.

5. Bamboo fungus is not suitable for long-term stewing in boiling water, otherwise its effective ingredients will be greatly reduced. Therefore, when making bamboo fungus soup, you should add bamboo fungus when the soup is almost done.