To cook the silver fungus soup to thicken, we must pay attention to the silver fungus soaked in advance. Silver fungus in the soup before soaking in water, until completely soaked before cooking. When simmering, add enough water at once, do not add water halfway. After soaking the silver fungus, the simmering time is much shorter, about an hour, and it is very sticky and gelatinous.
The method of soaking silver fungus is very simple, directly into the silver fungus into the cool water or warm water to soak 3-4 hours, and then clean with water. This is done by placing the silver fungus with the ear roots facing upwards so that the fungus is completely submerged in water until it is soaked and ready to cook.
tips: many people tend to think that hot water soaks faster, so it is very time-saving, so directly with boiling hot water, in fact, this is not desirable, it will affect the taste of the silver ear. The correct method should be the night before cooking or an hour before, with cool water or warm boiled water soaking, and then remove the root and impurities, as well as for the soaked parts, torn into small dozen, cooking.
How to simmer the silver ear soup is viscous: cooking time
The viscosity of the silver ear is directly proportional to the simmering time, the longer the simmering time, the soup is naturally more viscous. You can boil it on high heat first, then reduce it to minimum heat and cook it slowly until the soup becomes thick.
Pressure cooker stewed silver ear soup: first boil 20 to 30 minutes, put pressure and then boil for about 30 minutes.
Rice cooker stewed silver fungus soup: cook for 2-3 hours, be careful not to boil the water dry.
Electric crockpot or electric casserole stewed silver fungus soup: simmer for 4-5 hours.
Crock pot stewed silver fungus soup: first high heat to boil, then low heat simmering 1-2 hours.
How to simmer silver ear soup to thicken: choose a good silver ear
To choose good quality silver ear, in order to cook a good silver ear soup. The color is very white, do not choose, most of those are bleached, yellowish color is the best. In addition, the silver fungus should also be torn in small pieces, the smaller the better.
How to boil the silver fungus soup is viscous: first steamed
There is also a trick to cook the silver fungus soup is to first wash the silver fungus, remove the tip, put in a large bowl, steamed for 10 minutes. Then, in the normal way, put it in a pot and add water to simmer. After an hour, you are guaranteed to have a sticky ginkgo soup.