Because fresh mushrooms will inevitably fall into some gray sand and dust during drying, they should be soaked and cleaned before eating. Different kinds of dried shiitake mushrooms and their production techniques will have different soaking time. However, after soaking dried mushrooms for 2-5 hours, you can feel completely soft when you touch them, and you can't soak them for too long. When soaking dried mushrooms, it is most appropriate to soak them in warm water.

Do mushrooms soak in hot water or cold water?

Both cold water and hot water can be used, but it takes longer for cold water and shorter for warm water. When soaking dried mushrooms, it is best to soak them in warm water at 20℃-35℃. It can not only make mushrooms easier to absorb water and soften, but also maintain the unique flavor of dried mushrooms. It is worth noting that the water soaked in dried mushrooms should not be poured out. Boiling mushrooms soaked in mushrooms will make the dishes more delicious.

Specific steps of soaking dried mushrooms

1. When soaking, wash the mushroom surface with cold water first, and then soak it in warm water 1 hour. After the dried shiitake mushrooms become soft, unfold the pleats with warm water, and then gently stir them in one direction by hand to let the sediment slowly sink to the bottom of the basin. The dried mushrooms soaked in this way have no sediment at all.

2. Be careful not to get caught. Squeezing will not only cause a lot of loss of fragrance and nutrition, but also squeeze sand into the folds of mushrooms, which is difficult to clean and inevitable to eat.

3. In addition, the water soaked in mushrooms can be clarified and added to dishes after removing the sediment. Such soaked mushrooms not only have no teeth, but also can maintain the original flavor and nutrition of mushrooms.

4. It can also be soaked in sugar water of about 40 degrees Celsius, so that the soaked mushrooms not only retain the original fragrance, but also increase the delicacy because they are soaked in sugar solution. When soaking dried mushrooms, you can keep shaking the water to make them grow faster.

Edible value of dried mushrooms

1. According to analysis, every 100g of dried Lentinus edodes contains 38g of protein, and the protein digestibility is as high as 88.5%. This is not only among the best in plant foods, but also higher than meat and dairy products.

2. Besides high protein and amino acids, mushrooms are low in fat, with only10.5g of dried products per 100g. The iron content is also very rich, with 100 g of dried products containing 188.5 mg, which is of great significance for the prevention and treatment of iron deficiency anemia.

3. Mushrooms are also rich in nucleotide, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, nicotinic acid and other substances. Vitamin B 1 is rich in vitamin B 1, which can stimulate appetite, restore brain function and increase milk secretion.

4. Patients with heart disease, neuritis and nerve paralysis often eat mushrooms, which is also conducive to the recovery of the disease.

It is found that mushrooms contain anticancer substances, which can enhance the body's resistance to cancer cells.

6. Mushrooms are sweet and flat, and have the functions of strengthening the spleen and appetizing, detoxifying and erupting, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Clinically, it is mostly used for anorexia, dyspepsia, measles in children, cough and spitting.

7. Lentinus edodes polysaccharide can improve the activity of helper T cells and enhance the humoral immune function of human body. A large number of practices have proved that mushrooms have a wide range of preventive and therapeutic effects on cancer and have been used in clinical treatment. Mushrooms also contain a variety of vitamins and minerals, which play a great role in promoting human metabolism and improving the adaptability of the body.

There are many problems and skills that need to be paid attention to when soaking dried mushrooms. Soaking mushrooms in warm water can soak soft mushrooms without losing their nutritional value. Remember not to squeeze the water out of the mushroom by hand, which may squeeze sand into the meat of the mushroom.