It depends.

There are many kinds of bird's nests on the market, which can be categorized into two types according to their age and tenderness: old bird's nest and young bird's nest, and the stewing time of these two types of bird's nests is different. Young bird's nest is relatively shorter and only needs about 20 minutes to be cooked, while the old bird's nest needs to be stewed for about 1 hour.

So, it is okay to stew young bird's nest for 20 minutes, while it is not okay to stew old bird's nest for 20 minutes, it may have a crunchy texture and the gelatinous substance has not been completely precipitated.

2 How long does it normally take to cook bird's nest in water

Generally, it is recommended to cook bird's nest in water for 30-45 minutes.

Bird's nest stewed in water, time needs to be grasped, so as not to be too long, resulting in the loss of nutrients, the nutritional value and taste greatly reduced, and stewed bird's nest soft and thick paste, generally recommended that 30-45 minutes of cooking in water is appropriate, and in addition, stewed bird's nest stewed in water fire should not be too high, you need to use the fire stewing, so that the bird's nest is heated evenly, and the gradual precipitation of the nutrients.

3 Bird's nest stewed water has nutrition

There is some nutrition.

Bird's nest stewed water has some nutrition, because bird's nest contains the active ingredient salivary acid and collagen, are easily soluble in water, in the cooking process there will be a part of the precipitation and water combination, and the longer the stewing time, the impact of the ingredients lost more, so the bird's nest stewed water contains bird's nest collagen and other nutrients in the bird's nest stewed can be consumed together after the bird's nest stewed, the more rich in nutrients to supplement the human body. The water can be consumed after the bird's nest is finished to replenish the human body with richer nutrients and to avoid the loss of bird's nest nutrients.

4 Ratio of stewed bird's nest to water

Dry bird's nest 1:40, wet bird's nest 1:4.

Stewed bird's nest needs to be added to an appropriate amount of water, which is conducive to the analysis of nutrients, but the water should not be put too much, not only is it easy to overflow the ingredients in the pot, but also the stewed bird's nest will be insufficiently viscous, in general, the dry bird's nest and the ratio of water 1:40, wet bird's nest and water 1:40, wet bird's nest and water 1:1. In general, the ratio of dry bird's nest to water is 1:40, and the ratio of wet bird's nest to water is 1:4.