Bird's nests can be steamed the next day after soaking in the refrigerator. As it takes a long time to fully soak the bird's nest, you can soak the bird's nest in lukewarm water and store it in the refrigerator for soaking in the summer to avoid waking up in the middle of the night to handle the bird's nest.

There are two types of bird's nests: edible bird's nests and dried bird's nests, and edible bird's nests can be consumed directly without soaking. Dried bird's nests, on the other hand, need to be soaked first (also known as soaking and soaking), and then steamed or stewed after the dried bird's nests have recovered their swelling, softness and fluffiness. The soaked and dried bird's nest has a better texture and flavor after cooking.

There are two types of bird's nest soaking: cold water soaking and hot water soaking. Cold water soaking generally uses 40 degrees warm water, which is suitable for home cooking, but the soaking time is longer. Hot water soaking, on the other hand, involves immersing the dried bird's nest ingredients into hot water to accelerate the soaking of bird's nest through heating, which is suitable for emergency situations.

On the nutritional value of edible bird's nest:

1. Improve immune function. Scientists have extracted a substance in bird's nest that has the effect of promoting mitosis, and this substance can well promote lymphocytes to undergo mitosis after entering the body, and promote the body to produce more effective cells. Bird's nest is able to promote the mitosis of the lymphatic system, thus improving the body's immunity and strengthening the body.

2. Treatment of respiratory diseases. The effects of bird's nest are recorded in some of our famous Chinese medical books. Bird's nest can relieve lung diseases, respiratory system and other diseases. The main effects are cough, consumption and coughing up blood.

3. Prevention and treatment of tumors. As bird's nest has the effect of improving human immune function, it also has a certain preventive effect on the prevention and treatment of tumors. For some cancer patients, bird's nest is a very good choice to prevent and treat the disease.

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