Bird's nest contains a lot of protein, and the stewed bird's nest will smell fishy. Many people are very sensitive to this, especially pregnant women. They think bird's nest is too fishy and not delicious. How to deal with it?
Bird's nest smells of fish. How to deal with it
The fishy smell in bird's nest is related to the moisture in bird's nest, except protein. The moisture content of bird's nest is too high, and it is still a closed environment, which will amplify the taste of bird's nest itself. If the bird's nest has a large water content and a strong fishy smell, it can be naturally dried in a cool, ventilated and dry place. The moisture in the bird's nest will be reduced, and the smell of the stewed bird's nest will also be reduced.
If the dryness of bird's nest is enough, the bird's nest still has a slight smell after stewing, and it can be processed twice when stewing. For example, bird's nest is about to mature after stewing, so it should be seasoned with rock sugar or honey.
Air-dry bird's nest, stew, and add appropriate amount of rock sugar to taste.
Another way to remove the fishy smell is to stew the bird's nest with other ingredients, so that the bird's nest can blend with other ingredients to cover up the fishy smell of bird's nest, such as rock sugar Sydney bird's nest and motherwort brown sugar bird's nest. But when stewing with other bird's nest, you should pay attention to the amount of bird's nest, and it is best to do it first, because it is not easy to preserve.
Is the bird's nest heavy?
Bird's nest has a fishy smell, similar to egg white. Generally speaking, the taste will not be too strong, but it will be different due to the influence of origin, season and food source of bird's nest. It's normal to wash and soak several times.
If the fishy smell of bird's nest is very heavy, but there is no sign of mildew on the surface, then the fishy smell of bird's nest will obviously fade after air drying, indicating that the water content of bird's nest is high, and this bird's nest is harmless to the body and contains nutrition, indicating that the cost performance is not high.
Another is that the bird's nest not only smells fishy, but also shows signs of mildew on the surface, or the bird's nest tastes very bad, saying that the bird's nest has deteriorated or been chemically treated, and this bird's nest must not be eaten any more.
If the smell of bird's nest is strong, it can't be removed, and there are obvious mildew spots on the surface, so it can't be eaten.
Bird's nest smells of fish. To remove the fishy smell of bird's nest, we must first determine the dryness of bird's nest. If the water content is high, it should be dried first. In the process of stewing, you can add spices such as rock sugar, or milk, coconut juice, etc. To cover up the smell of bird's nest itself. You can also squeeze the fruit into juice or puree, and stir it evenly with bird's nest, which is more conducive to covering up the fishy smell of bird's nest, so that the processed bird's nest will basically have no fishy smell.