1, wash the monkey head mushrooms, put them in water and soak for 30 minutes, then put them into a pot of boiling water, add appropriate amount of edible alkali, and cook them slowly over low heat until they are through and there is no hard center, rinse and then rinse them with water until the smell of alkali is removed.

2. Wash the monkey head mushrooms, add them to a pot of water, simmer over low heat for 1 hour, then add broth or fat and continue to cook until the mushrooms are transparent.

3. Wash the monkey head mushrooms, add the soup and steam the mushrooms in a cage until there is no hard center. Then soak them in water.

No matter which of the above methods is used to soak the monkey head mushrooms, it is crucial to pay attention to two points:

1, wash the monkey head mushrooms and soak them in water for more than 30 minutes before boiling or steaming them, which is effective.

2, steaming good monkey head mushrooms, but also with water soaking, in the middle of the water to change a few times, every time you change the water, the monkey head mushrooms will be squeezed out of the water, and then into the water soaking, in order to better remove the bitter taste.

Dried monkey head mushrooms can be soaked in the following four ways:

1 first wash the monkey head mushrooms with water, then put them into a pot, add boiling water and steam them for a few hours until you can pinch the mushrooms with your hand and there are no hard lumps; 2 wash the monkey head mushrooms and put them into a pot of water, slowly cook them for a few hours over low heat until they are thoroughly soaked; 3 wash the monkey head mushrooms and put them into a pot of boiling water, add some edible water and soak them in a pot of boiling water, add some edible food to soak. Add appropriate amount of edible alkali in a pot of boiling water, slowly simmer over low heat until the monkey head mushrooms are through, after which rinse with water first and then rinse until the smell of alkali is removed; 4 Wash the monkey head mushrooms, then put them into a pot of clean water, simmer over low heat for 2 to 3 hours, then add broth or fat and continue to cook until the monkey head mushrooms are through, or of course you can add broth to the mushrooms and steam them in a cage.

In general, dried monkey head mushrooms should be soaked in water rather than vinegar, and when soaking them, it is better to soak them in cold water for a while after washing them, and then add boiling water to steam them in a cage or simmer them in a pot to get a better result. In addition, it should be noted that even if the monkey head mushrooms soaked well, before cooking should be placed in a container, add ginger, green onion, cooking wine, broth, etc. on the cage after steaming, and then cooking.