Stewing method
The best way to cook bird's nest is to stew it in water over a gentle fire, but the preparation beforehand is also very important.
To clean 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 at this time should be controlled, and generally to the surface of the bird's nest a little bit more than is already enough. Lastly, the soaked water should be simmered in water with a gentle flame to preserve the original flavor and nutrition of the bird's nest.
When you are in a hurry to use the bird's nest, you can also soak it in warm water and use it within 30-40 minutes, however, this quick method is not suitable for Blood Bird's Nest.
The duration of the cleansing process is determined by two factors. First, it depends on the quality of the bird's nest itself, depending on the thickness, dryness and humidity of the bird's nest, usually 6-8 hours is enough, if it is a blood bird's nest, it will take twice as long; second, it depends on the physical condition of the person, in order to facilitate the absorption of the bird's nest, those who have a weaker body, such as the elderly and the sick, the stewing of the bird's nest should be more than the regular one hour, i.e., 7-9 hours. The second is that it depends on the person's physical condition.
It is best when the finished product is soft, smooth and elastic, crystal clear, and soft but constant when clamped.
Eating methods
There is only one way to cook bird's nest, but bird's nest is tasteless, and there are many ways to eat it, so we have introduced several ways to eat bird's nest stewed in the home:
★Bird's nest stewed with papaya
The original papaya was cut in half, and then removed from the capsule, and then simmered with the bird's nest and the water used for soaking the bird's nest in a separate bowl of water, so as to allow the taste of papaya to penetrate into the bird's nest. penetrate into the bird's nest and serve with rock sugar water.
★Dry Fishing Bird's Nest
First, make a rich gravy soup in advance, then put the bird's nest into the same boil, mix well over a gentle fire, and wait until the gravy is about to dry up, then fish it up, and eat it. The best gravy is shark's fin soup, or soup made from old hen, pork ribs and other meats.
★Braised Bird's Nest
Also need a pot of rich shark's fin and abalone sauce, preferably boiled until gelatinous (can be used in a pressure cooker to speed up), mixed with bird's nests can be eaten, the texture is relatively greasy.
★Bird's Nest in Juice
Just use a juicer to make your favorite vegetable juice, fruit juice, or dairy products as flavoring, and mix it with the stewed bird's nest. This is the easiest way to eat and one of the best ways to eat bird's nest in summer.
Fruit juice with bird's nest
As mentioned above, using fruit and vegetable juice or milk to flavor the bird's nest is the best way to eat bird's nest in summer. The juices are readily available, but there is still something to eat and something not to eat.
Love Shang Nest Bird's Nest teaches you to make bird's nest juice by listing: cantaloupe juice, watermelon juice, orange juice, coconut juice, prune juice, date juice, eggplant juice, ginger juice, celery juice, carrot juice, Chinese cabbage juice, apricot juice, ginkgo juice, orange juice, milk, yogurt and so on. Fruit juices are usually sweetened with sugar or honey to enhance the sweetness.
Do you find that these fruit and vegetable juices are still mostly fruit juices? Loveshang Nest Bird's Nest explains that there are many fruits and vegetables that are used to make bird's nest juices, and most of them are sweet or tasteless, because fruits and vegetables with fishy, spicy, or greater impact on the tastebuds will make the bird's nest soften out of the water, and lose its soft and smooth texture. It is better to use single fruits to flavor the fruit juice, while the opposite is true for dairy products, which often require several types of milk to be mixed to increase the milky flavor, preferably with plain milk, three-flower evaporated milk, and AD calcium yogurt. Bird's nest is not supposed to be alone in China, so it can be eaten in a way that adds to the Western way of eating, mixed with jelly, etc., as long as there is no conflict in nutritional composition.
In the summer heat, many people like to put the bird's nest into the refrigerator to freeze and then eat. However, it is important to note that you should not be tempted to soak the bird's nest in cold water or put it in the refrigerator immediately after it is stewed, as this will not only affect the appearance of the bird's nest, but also the texture will be soft. This will not only affect the appearance of the bird's nest, but also the softness of its texture. So it must be cooled naturally.
Bird's nest stewed with hyacinth
Basic ingredients: 6 to 9 grams of hyacinth, 6 to 9 grams of bird's nest, water
Bird's nest stewed with hyacinth is a nourishing tonic, which has the effect of tonifying the lungs and nourishing the yin, and stopping coughing and bleeding. It is commonly used to treat tuberculosis hemoptysis, chronic bronchitis in the elderly, emphysema, asthma and other diseases.
Food efficacy
Bletilla, is the tuber of the orchid plant Bletilla. Bitter, sweet and cool in nature, into the lung meridian. Containing starch, glucose, volatile oil, mucilage, mannan and so on. It functions to tonify the lungs and stop bleeding, and is often used to treat coughing up blood in lung disorders. Li Gao, a famous doctor in the Jin Dynasty, said that it can "stop blood in the lungs". Yunnan Materia Medica recorded that it "treats consumptive lung qi, replenishes lung deficiency, stops coughing, clears consumptive coughing and bleeding, and astringes lung qi". Modern pharmacological research has proved that Bletilla hyacinthina has hemostatic and weak inhibitory effect on tuberculosis bacillus.
Bird's nest is a nest built by the swiftlet and a variety of bird species of the same genus with saliva or saliva and down and other mixed condensation. It is sweet and flat in nature. It enters the lung, stomach and kidney meridians. It contains protein, sugar, various amino acids, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur and so on. Functions: nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, benefiting qi and tonifying the middle. Commonly used in the treatment of deficiency and tubercular infection, cough and phlegm asthma, hemoptysis and hematemesis.
Dosage and Use
Each time, 6 to 9 grams of Bletilla hyacinth and 6 to 9 grams of bird's nest can be used, put them in a tile cup with appropriate amount of water, simmer them under water until very rotten, filter out the dregs, add rock sugar to taste, and simmer them for a few more minutes. Take 1 to 2 times a day.
Bird's nest in coconut milk
Ingredients: bird's nest, fresh coconut milk, fresh milk or evaporated milk three tablespoons each, a little rock sugar.
Method: After soaking the bird's nest, put it together with other ingredients into the stewing pot and simmer for about 40 minutes, then add rock sugar and simmer for another five minutes before serving.