A treasure of China - lion's head mushroom

Aliases: Lion's head mushroom, yin and yang mushroom, face mushroom, lion's head fungus, hedgehog fungus. Lion's head mushroom performance; Lion's head mushroom is an edible variety of fungi, is a large fleshy fungus growing in the deep mountain old forest, is the most valuable variety of edible fungi, so since ancient times, "mountain treasure monkey head, seafood bird's nest" saying. In the grand feast, shark fin, bear paw, bird's nest and monkey head are listed as the four famous dishes. In particular, some famous dishes such as bear paw monkey head, grilled monkey head, braised monkey head, three fresh monkey heads, Yaozhu stuffed monkey heads, etc. are all traditional dishes of the Qing Palace Imperial Diet. Lion's head mushroom is a dental mushroom, the surface of the umbrella has hairy flesh spines, about 1 to 3 cm long, such as the size of a fist, the appearance is very similar to the head and face of the monkey, hence its name. It is also like a hedgehog, so it is also known as "hedgehog fungus" at home and abroad. China's northeast Daxing'anLing and Henan Funiu Mountain, Zhejiang's Changshan and Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and other places are distributed. And since the 1960s, China has been successfully cultivated artificially, which is a pioneering undertaking in the world. As a gourmet delicacy, lion's head mushrooms should be soup, cooked and boiled, but the cooking techniques are more complicated. Because in the operation, foaming, cooking is not in place, it is often difficult to achieve the ideal delicious situation. Cooking lion's mane mushrooms generally go through four cooking stages, that is, first put the lion's head mushrooms into the pot and boil with water and then stew for 1 to 2 hours on a low heat, add cool water, remove old roots and impurities rinse clean, squeeze dry water. Then add boiling water and an appropriate amount of alkali to boil in a casserole pot, then turn the heat to simmer for 4 hours, add water in the middle, until the mushrooms are soft and rotten, fish out, and then repeatedly rinsed with cool water to remove the alkaline, the color is also changed from gray to light yellow, and then steamed for about 1 hour by adding chicken and duck broth. Take out the soup and steam it three or four times to make the lion's head mushroom play a good and delicious flavor. After shredding or slices, with seasonings, you can cook a delicious dish. The delicious lion's head mushroom is extremely high in nutrients and rich in protein, including 17 kinds of amino acids and 8 kinds of human body needs. Contains 4.2 g of fat. It is a good high-protein, fat-substitute food and contains a variety of vitamins and inorganic salt components. Therefore, Lion's Mane mushroom not only has good nutritional value but also has good medicinal value.