How to clean oyster mushrooms?

Mushrooms are a very healthy and tasty product. The most varied food is prepared from them - sauces, soups, salads, main dishes. The most popular in eating oyster mushrooms are considered. They are collected in the forest from tree trunks, and also grown at home on sawdust or husk of sunflower seeds. Before cooking, mushrooms should be washed well. But do they need to be processed and how to clean fresh oyster mushrooms before cooking and frying? - This is a question that many housewives are asked. Of course, in order for the finished dish to be tasty, the products must be pre-processed, the inedible parts must be removed. We will deal with everything in more detail in this article.

Important! This type of mushroom has become popular due to the fact that they can not be poisoned in any way, since they contain no harmful toxic substances. Therefore, even if the cooked product is damp, it will not affect your health.

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How to clean oyster mushrooms?

If a huge amount of dirt and debris has not accumulated on the fungi, they will still have to be washed. Under the mushroom's head, a huge number of microbes accumulate, which adversely affect the human body.

If you collected them or bought a large quantity, then you need to clean the oyster mushrooms as follows:

1. Fill the mushrooms with cold water.
2. We leave them in this state for half an hour.
3. Mix by hand, select large debris.
4. We wash the mushrooms under running water.

Important! If you decide to cook a small amount of mushrooms, then they need to be washed in portions. Place oyster mushrooms in a colander, rinse them with cold running water. This way will save your products from garbage, dust.

The process of processing mushrooms involves not only washing with water, but also cutting off inedible, spoiled parts. Dry areas are cut with a knife, and the place of cut is wiped with a dry cloth.

Important! Dry cleaning must be carried out in the required order. Especially if you plan to freeze oyster mushrooms.

Step by step instructions for cleaning oyster mushrooms

Since this type of fungus grows only on tree trunks, on old stumps, the risk of contamination is low. But nevertheless, it is worth playing safe and how to clean oyster mushrooms.

Important! They can be pickled, salted, fried, added to meat or vegetable dishes.

Consider a few simple steps to clean oyster mushrooms:

1. For processing, you will need a sieve or colander, a foam sponge and a knife.
2. We wipe the leg and hat of the mushroom with a foam sponge, gently brushing off small debris and dust.
3. Trim the contaminated bottom of the stalk and cut off damaged and dry areas.
4. Rinse the mushrooms under a stream of cold water, after placing them in a strainer or colander.
5. Dry the mushrooms on a paper towel.

Important! All manipulations must be done very carefully, since oyster mushrooms are a rather fragile product. At the slightest sharp movement, you can damage the cap of the mushroom.

Following this simple algorithm of actions, you can qualitatively prepare mushrooms for cooking.

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Tips for final (main) processing of oyster mushrooms

We will deal with several recommendations for cleaning fungi from experienced mushrooms:

1. Boiling - put mushrooms in a pan with cold water and bring to a boil, slightly salting the water. After boiling, they are kept in this state for 15-30 minutes. Then the vegetable products are thrown into a colander and washed with cold water.
2. Boiling - place the mushrooms in a container of water and bring them to a boil as soon as possible. As soon as the water began to boil, immediately turn off the fire and leave to cool, without taking out the mushrooms. After cooling, the products are placed in a fabric bag for drying.
3. Blanching - mushrooms are placed in a sieve and poured with boiling water. After - put them in boiling water for a few seconds or keep over steam. After such a heat treatment, the mushrooms become more durable and do not break. Carrying out this manipulation is typical for pickling mushrooms.

Important! When boiling and boiling, in no case should you squeeze the mushrooms, since subsequently a lot of valuable substances are lost.

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Advantages and disadvantages of oyster mushroom

This type of mushroom contains a lot of useful substances for the human body. That is why they are very often eaten.

Consider the main advantages of this product:

• They have a very low calorie content. But if consumed in large quantities, they are able to satisfy hunger.
• They contain minerals such as potassium, iron, calcium and iodine.
• Contribute to the breakdown of fats.
• Enriched with vitamins: C, D2, B, E and PP. Thanks to them, the product is very similar to meat.
• They remove radioactive substances from the body.
• Lower cholesterol.

Important! As a result of the use of this product in food, the development of E. coli in the human body is prevented. Also increases the resistance of the human body to radiation.

When preparing such a product, it is definitely recommended to process it, since it contains chitin, which a person cannot digest. In order to remove chitin, mushrooms need to be finely chopped and well-fried.

Important! One of the most important drawbacks is considered not very pronounced mushroom smell. Moreover, this type of vegetable products is unstable to infection of viral diseases. In addition, they are quite difficult to transport, since the fruiting body is very fragile and unstable.

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In this article, we told you about all the ways to clean oyster mushrooms and prepare them for use. We hope that now you do not have any difficulties with the preparation of the fungus and your dishes have acquired a new pleasant aftertaste and aroma.