Methods/steps

1 soak the bird's nest in purified water for 48 hours.

2. After the bird's nest is soft and swollen, pick the hair and clean the impurities, and filter and clean it with pure water once or twice. And tear it into traces. Drain the water.

3 rock sugar becomes rock sugar water for use.

4 Pour the processed bird's nest into a saucepan, add purified water to soak the bird's nest, and simmer for 75 minutes. There is a little foam on the surface, which is a little boiling, sticky and has the smell of egg white.

5 after stewing, take out the bird's nest, add rock sugar water and mix well, then serve.

The practice of distributing bird's nest

Sending bird's nest is a science. The variety of bird's nest, chef, seasonal humidity, room temperature and water temperature, and even the difference between morning and evening, the soaked bird's nest will be very different. There are many kinds of bird's nest in the market. The most medicinal bird's nest is produced in Indonesia and Malaysia, and the two brands with the best quality are Fulinmen and Tongrentang. If it is a gift, Tongrentang bird's nest is the most suitable. If it is for family, it is the most affordable to choose Fulinmen Bird's Nest. Here are some delivery methods:

Alkaline hair (old hair, not recommended). Soak the bird's nest in hot water, rinse it with clear water for two or three times (pay attention to keep the shape neat), and then soak it in cold water; Pour off the water before use, and mix the bird's nest with the alkaline noodles. Generally, 50g of bird's nest is made of alkaline flour1.5g (if the bird's nest is old, 2.5g can be used), and boiled water is added for extraction; The bird's nest rises, half of the alkaline water is poured, and then it is extracted with boiling water for three or four times until it swells to three times the original product, and it feels soft and astringent, and it will break when pinched; Then rinse the alkaline surface and soak it in cold water for later use. Absorb the water with a dry cloth before cooking.

Evaporation. Also known as upper cage and steamer. It is a means of preliminary cooking treatment of cooking materials, not as a method of cooking dishes. Steam the clean materials after preliminary processing to the degree of undercooked, semi-cooked or just cooked to reduce the cooking time. First, soak the bird's nest in water at 50℃, then soak it in water at 70℃ until it swells, take it out to protect it from being broken, rinse it twice in water, blanch it in water at 80℃, wash it, put it in a bowl, and steam it to be soft with low fire.

Soak your hair. Also called dipping. Using water as an auxiliary solvent for hair, the dry material is soaked until it is swollen, soft and smooth for formal cooking. Dry raw materials can recover their original tender, smooth and soft state to the maximum extent after absorbing water again.

Matters needing attention

Chinese medicine believes that it is best to eat bird's nest on an empty stomach in the morning and evening, and the absorption effect is the best. If you control your weight or have a bad stomach, it is recommended to eat on an empty stomach in the morning. Eating bird's nest and milk on an empty stomach before going to bed at night is not only beneficial to the absorption of nutrition, but also helpful to sleep, which has the effect of beauty beauty. 23: 00 p.m.-65438+0: 00 a.m.-The child is in the transition period of Yin and Yang, and the absorption is the best at this time. 5: 00 am-7: 00 am-It is better for children, women and the elderly to breastfeed and eat bird's nest, which is related to the physiological state of these age groups. It is best to eat and absorb on an empty stomach two hours before or after meals. Nutrition absorption is best on an empty stomach.