Although there is only one way to cook bird's nest, bird's nest is tasteless and can be eaten in a variety of ways. Here are several home-cooked ways to stew bird's nest: coconut tremella bird's nest porridge-ingredients: coconut meat, tremella, red dates, lotus seeds, pearl rice, sugar, bird's nest; Efficacy: nourishing blood, promoting fluid production and moistening intestines.

Cordyceps bird's nest-ingredients: bird's nest, Cordyceps, chicken soup and Lycium barbarum; Efficacy: tonify deficiency, benefit essence, relieve cough and eliminate phlegm. Taro oyster bird's nest porridge-ingredients: Taro, oyster, pearl rice, bird's nest; Efficacy: invigorating spleen and stomach, promoting fluid production and moistening intestines.

Gongyan stewed autumn pear-ingredients: bird's nest, Sydney, red dates; Efficacy: clearing heart, moistening lung, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

Horseshoe bird's nest-ingredients: horseshoe, red dates, bird's nest; Efficacy: cooling, reducing fire, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness.

Eucommia ulmoides and walnut bird's nest-ingredients: bird's nest, Eucommia ulmoides, red dates and walnuts; Efficacy: The best way to cook bird's nest for treating stomach deficiency, benefiting vital energy and fatigue is to stew it with slow fire and water, but preparation in advance is also very important.

To clean the bird's nest, it is mainly to soak it. The water that has just been soaked for1-2 hours should be poured out, and impurities such as swallow hair should be cleaned during the period; Then soak it in clear water for1-2 hours. At this time, the amount of water to be soaked should be controlled, and it is generally enough to reach the surface of bird's nest. Finally, even the soaked water is stewed with slow fire to keep the original flavor and nutrition of bird's nest.

When the bird's nest is urgently needed, it can also be soaked in warm water, which can be taken in 30-40 minutes, but this quick method is not suitable for blood swallows.

The time of stewing is determined by two factors. First, it depends on the quality of the bird's nest itself, depending on the thickness and humidity of the bird's nest. Generally, it takes 6-8 hours. If it is a blood swallow, it takes twice as long. Second, it depends on people's physique. In order to facilitate absorption, people with weak physique, such as the elderly and patients, spend more time stewing bird's nest than the routine 1 hour, that is, 7-9 hours.

The best time is when the finished product is soft, smooth, elastic, crystal clear and bright, and soft and continuous when clamped.