Nutritional Composition of Bird's Nest Modern medical research has found that the main components of bird's nest are: water-soluble proteins, carbohydrates; trace elements: calcium, phosphorus, iron, sodium, potassium and amino acids (lysine, cystine and arginine) that play an important role in promoting human vitality. 1000 grams of dried bird's nest contains: 499 grams of protein, 429 milligrams of calcium, 306 grams of carbohydrates, 30 milligrams of phosphorus, 104 grams of water, 49 milligrams of iron and other nutrients. The unique protein content of bird's nest contains biologically active molecules that contribute to the growth and development of human tissues and recovery after illness; carbohydrates are the main source of calories in the body and complement proteins, allowing proteins to play a role other than providing calories, and also promote fat metabolism; epidermal growth factor and water-soluble substances contained in bird's nest directly stimulate cell division, regeneration and tissue reconstruction, making bird's nest a nourishing food for the body and a good source of nutrients for the body. Calcium can enhance the blood clotting ability when the skin is broken and also help the body to absorb Vitamin B12. Bird's nest is rich in minerals, active proteins and collagen and other nutrients, of which the epidermal growth factor and water-soluble substances can strongly stimulate cell regeneration, division and tissue reconstruction. Effectiveness of Bird's Nest According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, "Bird's nest is sweet, light and flat, nourishes the lung yin, resolves phlegm and stops cough, and is a tonic that can be cleared, and is a holy medicine for regulating deficiency and labor, and it can be used to cure all illnesses due to the deficiency of the lungs that can't be purged and cleared downstream." Chinese medicine believes that bird's nest: "nourishes Yin and moistens dryness, benefits gas and replenishes the middle, treats deficiency, cough, phlegm and wheezing, hemoptysis, prolonged dysentery, and is suitable for patients with weakness, malnutrition, prolonged dysentery, prolonged malaria, phlegm and coughing, old age, chronic bronchitis, bronchodilatation, emphysema, tuberculosis, hemoptysis, vomiting of blood, and stomach ache. Modern medicine has found that bird's nest can promote immune function and has the effect of delaying human aging and prolonging life. In general, bird's nest has the following effects: nourishing yin and moistening the lungs without dryness; nourishing the skin to make it smooth, elastic and lustrous; benefiting the qi and nourishing the middle to promote blood circulation and enhance digestion and intestinal absorption. It can be used to treat lung yin deficiency, cough, night sweating, hemoptysis, etc. It can also be used to treat gastric qi deficiency, gastric yin deficiency resulting in regurgitation, dry vomiting, etc. It can also be used to treat qi deficiency, excessive sweating and urination, etc. It can also be used to treat the symptoms of lung yin deficiency. As a natural nourishing food, bird's nest can be consumed by both men and women of all ages.
Development of Bird's Nest ◆Generally, it can be divided into four kinds: (1) Alkali hair: Put dry bird's nest in a porcelain bowl, add 30 degrees to 40 degrees of water and soak it until it is soft and pick off the impurities with a bamboo stick, meanwhile, it is necessary to keep the bird's nest intact, and then soak it in soda ash with soda ash (2 grams for every 50 grams of bird's nest) and boiled water to the point that it rises up and initiates up to three times as large as the original, and then twist it with a soft, astringent hand, and then it is possible to break it off with a pinch. Then soak in boiling water 3 times, 2 minutes each time, and then bleach away the alkali flavor, soak into the cold water to be used, into the cooking before sopping up the water with a dry cloth, can be cooked. (2) Soaking: soak the dried bird's nest in cold water to soften, pick the net impurities with a bamboo stick, and then put it into a pot of boiling water with a lid to simmer for half an hour, if not up to the requirements and then soak. Until the bird's nest is soft, slippery, expanding, pinch that is broken can be fished out, immersed in cold water to be used. (3) Evaporation: first dry bird's nest into 50 degrees ~ 55 degrees of water soaked to water-cooled, 70 degrees of water soak to expand initiated, removed with a bamboo stick to pick the impurities, into the 80 degrees of water scalded, cleaned and put in a bowl, low-fire steaming until loose, soft and sticky when it can be. (4) Stone powder hair: first put the bird's nest in cold water to soak until soft, use bamboo stick to pick out the feather impurities, then the pot on the fire, add water to boil into the axe brand stone powder Hi 50 grams of bird's nest to put 2 grams of stone powder) put the bird's nest into the low-fire boil for 8 minutes (the water can not be opened) to the expansion of the special crunchy when taken out, bleached off the stone powder, wrapped in plastic wrapping paper (divided into portions) into the freezer to be frozen, take out the use of the steaming pot into steam a little can be used. The temperature of the water and the time of development should be adjusted according to the season and the texture of the bird's nest, and it should be checked frequently to prevent the bird's nest from being impenetrable or over-developed. The bird's nest should be soaked in cold water, but should not be stored for a long time. The water and tools used to make bird's nests should be clean and should not be stained with oil, and iron pots should not be used, otherwise it will affect the quality of the bird's nests and the color of the bird's nests.
■Stewing of bird's nests: Put the bird's nests into a stewing pot, add appropriate amount of boiling water, not over the bird's nests, and then put the stewing pot into a pot of water, and then stew the bird's nests under water for about one hour (do not add sugar and other ingredients when stewing, especially do not add oil and meat), that is, stewed edible bird's nests; cooled edible bird's nests sealed with plastic wrap, and then put them into a refrigerator with temperature of 0-4 degrees Celsius. After cooling, the edible bird's nest can be sealed with plastic wrap and put into a freezer at 0-4 degrees Celsius, it can be preserved for about two weeks. 1 gram of dried bird's nest can produce about 5 grams of water-enriched bird's nest, and then after stewing, these 5 grams of water-enriched bird's nest will continue to expand, and finally about 8 grams of edible bird's nest will be formed. ■ In addition, generally in order to insist on eating, you can stew a good amount of 3-5 days at a time to put in the refrigerator, get up every morning to eat on an empty stomach. It is most absorbed when eaten on an empty stomach. Each time is about 2 teaspoons, soaked 10-15 grams (if the bird's nest quality is good, that is, not soaked before 2-5 grams, it is enough, do not have to eat a big bowl of. After about half a year of eating, you can reduce the frequency and eat every other day. But be regular...don't eat it in the morning and then switch to other times. Bird's nest should be eaten in small portions and on a regular basis. 3-5 grams of dried bird's nest and 20-30 grams of instant bird's nest should be consumed in the morning and evening, or once a day or every other day. Bird's nests should be eaten with "clear with clear, soft with soft." Generally speaking, during the period of consuming bird's nest, one should eat less spicy and oily food, and not smoke or smoke less. Do not consume bird's nest during cold and flu as the body cannot absorb the nutrients of bird's nest well. The easiest way to consume bird's nest is to soak and stew it in a bowl of pure water (about 10 grams with 300 ml of pure water) at different times according to different varieties of bird's nests, as the nutrients are dissolved in the water when the bird's nests are soaked, do not pour out the clean bird's nests and use this bowl to separate the water. The following is the reference cooking time for each species of bird's nest in Nest Factory: 180-240 minutes: Cave White Bird's Nest (need to be de-haired and cleaned again and again) 90 minutes: Premium, First and Second Class Blood Bird's Nests, First and Second Class Blood Bird's Nests; Premium Golden Bird's Nest Cakes 60 minutes: Crushed Blood Bird's Nests; Premium Yellow Bird's Nest Cakes 45 minutes: White Bird's Nest Corner 30-45 minutes: Premium, First and Second Class White Bird's Nests, First and Second Class White Bird's Nest Cakes, Triangular White Bird's Nests, Hairy White Bird's Nests (about 10 grams) White Bird's Nest; White Bird's Nest with Hair (need to pick the hair); 20-30 minutes: White Bird's Nest, White Bird's Nest Crumbles
After stewing, you can consume it with icing sugar, milk, honey, soymilk, etc. There are different ways to eat Bird's Nest 1 Bird's Nest Stewed Chicken Anemia after Sickness, nourishing yin to replenish yang. Preparation: Stew the above ingredients in water for three hours, add salt when eating. 2 Bird's Nest in Coconut Milk Stewed with Rock Sugar Nourish Yin, moisten the lungs and nourish the face. Ingredients: half a couple of bird's nest, a bowl of fresh milk, two tablespoons of coconut milk, rock sugar, three bowls of water. Preparation: Stew bird's nest, rock sugar, water together, fifteen minutes before the pot, fresh milk, coconut milk into it. Stew for another fifteen minutes. 3 Bird's nest stewed with jujube Moisturizes the lungs and relieves cough. Ingredients: Bird's nest half two, almonds five money, Sha Shen three money, ten jujubes, four bowls of water, rock sugar. Preparation: Stew the above materials for one to three hours to become.
4 Bird's nest stewed lotus seed nourishes the spirit, replenish blood Ingredients: Purple Swallow bird's nest half two, lotus seed, lily of the valley, longan meat five dollars each, four bowls of water, rock sugar. Preparation: Stew the above ingredients for one to three hours. 5 Bird's nest stewed Snow Pear Moisturize the lungs, cough Ingredients: Purple Swallow Bird's nest half a two, Snow Pear a, horseshoe ten, Sichuan shellfish a money, four bowls of water, rock sugar appropriate amount. Preparation: Stew the above ingredients (except Sichuan shellfish) for one to three hours, and then add Sichuan shellfish and stew for five minutes. 6 Bird's nest stewed lychee nourish the spirit, replenish blood Ingredients: Purple Swallow bird's nest half a two, fresh lychee meat half a catty, rock sugar, four bowls of water. Method: Bird's nest, rock sugar first stewed one to two and a half hours, add lychee meat and then stewed for half an hour that is. ★Bird's Nest Stewed with Papaya Cut the papaya in half, remove the capsule, simmer with bird's nest and soaked bird's nest water, let the papaya flavor penetrate into the bird's nest, and eat it with rock sugar water. ★Dry Bird's Nest First, make a rich gravy soup, then put in the bird's nest and cook with it, mix it well over a gentle fire, and wait until the gravy is about to dry up, then pick it up and eat it. The best broth is shark's fin soup, or broth made from old hen, pork ribs and other meats. ★Braised Bird's Nest Also need a pot of rich shark's fin soup, preferably boiled until gelatinous (can be accelerated with a pressure cooker), mixed into the bird's nest can be eaten, the texture is relatively greasy. ★ Bird's Nest in Juice Just make your favorite vegetable juice, fruit juice or dairy products as seasoning in a juicer beforehand, and mix it with the stewed bird's nest to serve. This is the easiest way to eat and one of the best ways to eat bird's nest.