What if the rice cake can't be cut? How to save after slicing?

1 What should I do if the rice cake cannot be cut? The rice cake is made of glutinous rice flour and tastes soft and waxy. But in order to facilitate long-term storage, it will air-dry and harden. Therefore, the rice cakes generally bought from the market are very hard and difficult to cut. It is suggested that the following methods can be adopted:

Soak the rice cake in a basin of clear water until the amount of water is less than the rice cake. Soak for 2-3 hours until the rice cake becomes soft, and take it out and slice it. If it feels slippery, cover it with plastic wrap and tear it off after cutting.

Steamed very soft. Put the rice cake into a steaming bowl, add a small amount of water, the amount of water is not more than 1/3 of the thickness of the rice cake, then put it into a pot and heat it in water. After the water boils, cook for 5- 10 minutes.

Put the rice cake into the dish in the microwave oven, then wet the surface with clear water, put it in the microwave oven, bite it for about one minute, and take out the slices or strips.

2 How to cut rice cakes:

1. Divide the rice cake into three equal parts.

2. If the rice cakes are thick, put each one on them.

3. Cut into 3-4 pieces according to its thickness.

4. If you want to cut into strips, you can fold the cut rice cake pieces and cut them off.

5. In this way, you can get strip-shaped rice cakes.

3 How to preserve sliced rice cakes? Rice cakes are rich in water and carbohydrates, which are easy to breed bacteria and deteriorate. It is generally recommended to store them in the refrigerator, which can extend the storage time of rice cakes to a certain extent. The specific operation steps are as follows:

1. Put different kinds of rice cakes in different fresh-keeping bags.

2. Then store it in the cold storage layer of the refrigerator.

3. If the amount of rice cakes is large, they can also be stored in the frozen layer.

4. Pay attention to store it separately from other foods to avoid odor.

4 how to keep the rice cake not hard? If the rice cake is stored directly in the refrigerator, it will generally become very hard and difficult to cut. Therefore, it is suggested to preserve rice cakes in the following ways.

1. Prepare a basin of clean water and put the rice cake into the basin. The amount of water should not exceed the rice cake.

2. Then put the basin in the shade.

3. Pay attention to changing the water once a day 1-2 and cleaning the rice cakes irregularly to avoid the deterioration of water quality.

4. If the room temperature is high, it is recommended to store the basin in the refrigerator.