The best way to stew (cook) bird's nests is to simmer them in water over a gentle fire, but the preparation beforehand is also important.

To wash the bird's nest, the main thing is to soak it. At the beginning of the soaking 1-2 hours of water is to be poured out, during which time the bird's nest should be cleaned of hair and other debris; and then soaked in water for another 1-2 hours, the amount of water used for soaking should be controlled, generally to the surface of the bird's nest over a little bit is already enough. Finally, the soaked water should be simmered in water over a moderate heat to preserve the original flavor and nutrition of the bird's nest.

The stewing time is determined by two factors. First, it depends on the quality of the bird's nest itself, which depends on the thickness, dryness and humidity of the bird's nest, usually 6-8 hours, or double the time if it is a blood bird's nest; second, it depends on the physical condition of the person, in order to facilitate the absorption of the bird's nest, those who are weak, such as the elderly and the sick, need to braise the bird's nest for one hour more than the regular time, that is, 7-9 hours.

It is best when the finished product is soft, smooth and elastic, crystal clear, and soft but constant when clamped.

The correct way to stew (cook) bird's nest:

1. Soak, pick a bird's nest and soak it in clean water. Soaking time: 3 hours for bird's nest; 2 hours for bird's nest strips; 1 hour for broken bird's nest.

2., change the water to pick hair , now bird's nest is usually pick hair cleaner to eliminate this link, bird's nest in the soak 2 hours, use tweezers to pick off the bird's nest in the fine hair impurities, change the water to filter out the bird's nest, tear the bird's nest into strips, and continue to soak with clean water.

3. Add water, drain the bird's nest with a strainer after soaking, place it in the stewing pot, and then add water higher than the surface of the bird's nest.

4. Add water to the crock pot. Specialized slow cookers have the highest water level marked on them, so just add water according to the standard. If you don't have an electric crock pot, you can also use an ordinary pot, slightly elevated crock pot, add water to cover 1/2 of the crock pot (the water should not be too much, otherwise it will boil when sprayed with water everywhere).

5. Slow cooking, when cooking bird's nest, choose the slow cooking method. Slow cooking time: electric stew pot (100-200W) 40 minutes; electric stew pot (300W) 30 minutes; gas equipment 25 minutes; using gas stove folks, remember, must be adjusted to the state of the civilian fire, otherwise the bird's nest will be stewed too much, turned into water.

According to the experience of stewing, when stewed for a little longer, such as 40 minutes, the bird's nest taste is more smooth and glutinous; when stewed for a tighter period of time, such as stewed for about 30 minutes, the bird's nest tends to be more crispy. Of course, this also depends on the specific power of the stew pot and other factors, you can do more than a few attempts to find their favorite bird's nest texture.