Brine can be said to be the soul of braised food. Many chefs will use the brine many times after using it because they think that the more it is cooked, the more flavorful it becomes. The fundamental reason for preserving brine is that it is precious, so How to store brine after using it once? The editor believes that this depends on the situation. If it is a brine that is frequently used, the best way to preserve it is to continue to stew new products every day. If it is a brine that is not commonly used, we can freeze it and use this method to preserve the brine. The longest time. 1. How to preserve brine
First of all, for the brine we often use, we need to continue to cook new products every day. This is the best preservation method. When brine is stewed every day, it can not only achieve the purpose of sterilization and prevent rancidity, but also the ingredients contained in the stewed soup can use the spices in the old soup and the substances contained in the brine soup base to make the dishes taste more mellow and the fresh ingredients are more delicious. The aroma will also bring new vitality to the old soup and make the old brine more and more fragrant. It can be said that cooking brine with brine every day is the best way to preserve brine. For brine that is not commonly used, we can clean up the residue before storing it and cool it to normal temperature, then package it and store it in the freezer, and take it out and boil it every two or three months to ensure Its fragrance, this method can ensure that the brine can be used for more than one year. 2. Other precautions for storing brine
If you use the method of daily cooking brine to store brine, you must pay attention to calcining the brine and you must not use vegetarian vegetables, because vegetarian vegetables or soy products contain starch and water, which will cause long-term stewing It is easy for the brine soup to become sour. If we really want to braise vegetarian dishes, we should take out a part of the old brine to specifically braise vegetarian dishes. In addition, every time old brine is boiled, it can achieve the effect of sterilization and antisepsis, but do not ignore the high temperature in summer. In summer, the heat of brine is not easy to dissipate, and it is easy to suffocate the brine. If you use the frozen storage method, you must not use iron containers when storing the brine. This will easily produce a pig iron smell. It is best to use packing tape to store them separately. In addition, the slag of the brine must be cleaned before storage, and the brine must be cooled to room temperature before being packaged and stored.
No matter what method is used to preserve brine, the most important thing is that it does not deteriorate or lose odor when stored.