1 How to deal with monkey head mushroom is not bitter 1, soak in water

Monkey head mushroom into the soaking water, fish out, squeeze out the water, and so on many times, can help to remove its bitter flavor, pay attention to the soaking process should be many times to change the water, keep the water clean.

2, cut off the roots

The bitterness of the monkey head mushroom is mainly concentrated in the roots of the monkey head mushroom, so when dealing with the monkey head mushroom, the roots will be cut off clean, and then fully cleaned can remove most of the bitter substances.

3, baking soda

Washing monkey head mushrooms with baking soda can also help remove its bitter flavor, put the right amount of baking soda into the water and mix it well, wash the monkey head mushrooms with water and put them into the soda water to soak for about half an hour, and then rinse them with water.

4, slow cooking

Fresh monkey head mushrooms or soaked dried monkey head mushrooms into the pot, add the right amount of water, after the water boiled and then cook for about 10 minutes, and then take out, use cold water to cool down, squeeze out the water in the monkey head mushrooms, and then rinse with water once drained can be, which can also be effective in removing its bitter flavor.

2 Monkey head mushroom is very bitter how normal

Monkey head mushroom itself contains some bitterness, in the root and the substrate content is higher, if in the growth process of the monkey head mushroom, more rain, its substrate will also appear red, which will lead to its bitterness content is higher, but this is a normal situation, it is not toxic to the human body, it can be eaten, just eaten! The taste will be worse, you can remove the bitterness by some means.

Deterioration

Monkey mushrooms are rich in sugar substances, if the preservation method is not appropriate, the monkey mushrooms are easy to breed bacteria and mold, moldy monkey mushrooms will taste bitter, but also accompanied by the smell, sticky and so on.

3 Can you make soup with unsaturated monkey head mushrooms

It is not recommended to make soup with unsaturated monkey head mushrooms.

The texture of dried monkey head mushrooms is relatively hard, if you don't soak and cook directly, you may not be able to cook completely soft, there will be hard lumps in the middle, which will lead to the deterioration of the fresh flavor of the monkey head mushrooms, and the soup has a poor taste; and monkey head mushrooms are not soaked in advance, the nutrients are difficult to analyze, which will also lead to a reduction in the nutritive value of the soup.

4 dry monkey head mushroom how to know soak well

The most direct way to determine whether the dry monkey head mushroom is soaked well is to pinch it with your hand, if you pinch it up without hard lumps, the mushroom body is relatively soft, then it is said to have been soaked and finished; if you pinch it up with a hard feeling in the middle, then it means that soaking time is not enough, and you need to soak for a little while longer, but we should pay attention to the soaking time can not be too long, otherwise it will lead to too soft and rotting monkey head mushroom. It will cause the monkey head mushrooms to be too soft, affecting the taste and nutrition.