It depends on whether it is fresh mushrooms or dried mushrooms. If it is a fresh mushroom, directly remove the roots, and then wash it with water or rice for 20 minutes (don't use hot water, because nutrition will be lost if you use hot water). For quick treatment, boil the water and stew it with the meat 1-2 hours.

If it is dried mushrooms, it needs to be soaked in advance, usually 8- 12 hours in advance (soaked in 60-degree warm water or rice, never scalded with boiling water, which will not only soften the mushrooms, but also produce small pimples), and then repeatedly squeeze out yellow water until there is no bitterness, and stew for more than 2 hours.

If it is winter, you can soak for a long time. If the temperature is high in summer, soak for 2-3 hours at most and change the water. Soak for 12 hour at most, otherwise it will go bad, because Hericium erinaceus is a high-protein thing, which is prone to problems. If it is overnight, it is recommended to put it on the fresh-keeping layer of the refrigerator.

Extended data:

Hericium erinaceus (scientific name: Hericium erinaceus; English name: Lion's Mane Mushroom, also known as Hericium erinaceus, is named after its shape. Mushrooms, Hericium erinaceus and Hericium erinaceus are traditional and precious dishes in China, with tender meat, fragrant taste and delicious taste. It is one of the four famous dishes (Hericium erinaceus, bear's paw, bird's nest and shark's fin).

Known as "the monkey head of a mountain delicacy, the shark's fin of seafood". This fungus of the odontaceae has burrs on its umbrella surface, which is about 1 ~ 3cm long. Its fruiting body is round and thick, white when fresh, light yellow to light brown after drying, narrow at the base or slightly short-stalked, and swollen at the upper part, with a diameter of 3.5 ~ 10cm, which looks like the head of a golden monkey from a distance, so it is called "Hericium erinaceus".

Hericium erinaceus is incomparable delicious. Its meat is tender, mellow and delicious, and it is known as "vegetarian meat".

Hericium erinaceus as an ingredient is a delicious dish. At the same time, Hericium erinaceus is also a medicinal material, and the medicine made of Hericium erinaceus is called Hericium erinaceus tablets. People's Republic of China (PRC) Drug Standard and Ministry of Health Drug Standard, Volume 15, page 207, record: "This product is a tablet made of Hericium erinaceus, which has the effects of nourishing stomach and regulating middle energizer, and is used to treat gastric and duodenal ulcers and chronic gastritis."

In addition, many studies in modern medicine and pharmacology summarize the medicinal effects of Hericium erinaceus polysaccharide as various physiological functions such as improving immunity, anti-tumor, anti-aging and reducing blood fat.

Selection and purchase

Hericium erinaceus has good quality, uniform head, Huang Liang color, tender and thick meat, complete thorns, dryness, no moth and no impurities. From the appearance, the mycelium of Hericium erinaceus is white and slightly black. When the culture medium is not rich, it grows in knots, with few aerial hyphae and weak wall climbing ability.

1, mushroom body: Hericium erinaceus mushroom body is complete, shaped like Hericium erinaceus, oval or round, uniform in size, long in capillary, complete in fuzz, and the dried mushroom body is the top grade; Inferior quality: the mushroom body is incomplete, uneven in size and irregular in shape, followed by thick and long hair.

2, color: Hericium erinaceus is better with golden yellow or yellow with white; The color is black and soft, and some fakes are treated with sulfur iodine or chemicals to make them unusually white and used for whitening. This kind of mushroom is harmful to human body after eating, so it is not allowed to buy it.

3. Good Hericium erinaceus is not rotten, moldy or moth-eaten; Rotten, moldy and rotten products are not suitable for purchase.

References:

Hericium erinaceus-Baidu Encyclopedia