Avocado is rich in nutrients and a lot of monounsaturated fatty acids, so it is also one of the healthy ingredients often recommended by experts. How do you store avocados after you buy them? Share how to refrigerate and freeze a whole or cut avocado, as well as tips for keeping the avocado from changing color after cutting.
Refrigerated storage method for avocados
A whole avocado that has been ripened:
Put the avocado into a general fresh-keeping bag or a zipper fresh-keeping bag, tie up or seal the bag, and put it in the vegetable and fruit room of the refrigerator for 2~3 days.
An unripe whole avocado:
If the avocado is not ripe, please store it at room temperature and avoid direct sunlight, the avocado will ripen after about 4~5 days, and then refrigerate the ripe avocado according to the above method.
Cut the avocado:
Once the avocado is cut, it slowly begins to oxidize and turn brown, so in addition to not removing the avocado seeds, it is also recommended to drizzle or apply a little lemon juice to the avocado cut surface to prevent the avocado from discoloring.
Then wrap it with plastic wrap close to the uneven cut surface of the avocado, put it in a plastic bag or crisper and seal it, and then put it in the vegetable and fruit room to refrigerate and store it, it is recommended to save it for 1 day to eat.
Cryopreservation method for avocados
Frozen avocados are slightly different from fresh avocados in terms of taste, so it is recommended to buy fresh avocados at home and eat them as soon as possible. If the avocado is ripe but cannot be eaten in a short time, it should be frozen and then stored.
First, peel and seed the avocado and cut it into small pieces or grind it into a puree.
Then wrap the avocado pieces or avocado puree in batches with refrigerable plastic wrap or small plastic wrap according to the amount to be used each time (if it will be used up at one time, you don't need to pack it in batches), and put it into a free-keeping zipper bag that can be frozen after wrapping it, try to drain the air in the bag and seal the bag mouth, and put it in the refrigerator for freezing.
How to thaw frozen avocados
First add cold water to a large bowl, then take the avocado out of the freezer together with the fresh-keeping bag, and then soak the avocado together with the fresh-keeping bag in cold water, and when the avocado thaws and becomes soft, you can take the avocado out of the bag and use it~