Storing longan in the refrigerator is a common practice for many people, but not everyone does it the right way to keep it fresh for a long time. The following article will show you how to choose delicious longan and tips on how to properly store longan in the refrigerator to eat all year round.
Label preservation
How to choose delicious labels
Fresh longan will help preserve longer. So, when choosing to buy a label, please keep a few points in mind:
- Choose fresh, natural longan.
- Avoid buying young, overripe longans.
- Choose a longan that is intact, no strange spots, no scratches, cracks, even color.
- Choose the fruit with the light and sweet aroma of the longan.
How to keep longan fresh
At room temperature, longan can stay fresh for about 3-7 days. Therefore, if you want to preserve the label for a long time, you should store it in the refrigerator.
Store fresh longan in the refrigerator compartment
- Rinse the purchased label with water.
- Use scissors to cut the longan from the branch (should cut close to the fruit knob) and let the longan drain.
- Pick up damaged, cracked, overripe fruit. Put the label in a mesh food bag or plastic bag and then poke a few holes. It is advisable to divide the label into several different bags.
- Put the label in the refrigerator to preserve it gradually. Labels should be kept in a separate tray/chamber, should not be stored with other foods, especially fresh foods, as this will cause the labels to deteriorate faster.
Longan stored in the refrigerator can stay fresh for 2-3 weeks.
Store fresh longan in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator
If you want to eat longan all year round, you can refer to how to store longan in the freezer to freeze.
- Label purchased, washed, drained.
- Use a knife to separate the flesh of the longan (longan pulp) and then put it in a sealed plastic container or zipped food bag and place it in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator.
- You can keep the pulp and seeds of the longan (just peel them), then store in the freezer of the refrigerator.
- When you want to eat or cook, you just need to defrost.
However, storing longan in the freezer will make the label cot more prone to watery and soft after being defrosted. Therefore, this method is often chosen by many people when they want to use longan pulp to make longan smoothies, cakes or other desserts.
Note when eating longan
Do not eat too many longan at once because it can cause the body to generate heat, cause internal heat, and acne.
Longan contains quite high sugar content, 300g longan is equivalent to 1.5 bowls of rice. Therefore, eating a lot of longan can increase the amount of sugar in the body, causing weight gain.
People with diabetes should not or limit eating longan.
Pregnant women with weak health, or hot in the body or constipation, bitter mouth, should not eat longan because it is not good for the health of the fetus and mother.
