Bird's nest should be soaked first and then stewed on low heat for about 30 minutes, here is how to do it:
Preparation: 7-9 grams of bird's nest
1, take one bird's nest and soak it in pure water for about 4 hours.
2. Tear the soaked bird's nest into thin strips.
3. Drain the water with a colander and go under the faucet to rinse with water for 1 minute.
4, add the bird's nest into pure water into the stewing pot, then put the stewing pot into the pot, add the right amount of water to boil on high heat, then turn to the smallest fire and slowly stew for half an hour.
5. Stewed bird's nest out of the pot with honey can start to eat.
Expanded Information
Nutritional Composition of Bird's Nest:
Bird's nest is rich in a variety of amino acids, rich in phenylalanine, valine, leucine, tyrosine and arginine. The hydrolyzed amino acid content of bird's nest reaches 42.272%, and the essential amino acid content accounts for 42% of the total amino acid content. Meanwhile, the amino acid (aspartic acid and glutamic acid) and the amino acid (tyrosine and phenylalanine) characteristic of the fresh flavor are high, indicating that bird's nests have a delicious taste.
The nutritional value of food mainly depends on the type, quantity and proportion of amino acids contained. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have put forward a reference pattern spectrum of essential amino acids in food, which stipulates that the mass ratio of essential amino acids to total amino acids as well as the mass ratio of essential amino acids to non-essential amino acids are 40% and 60%, respectively.
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