First, bird's nest
Also known as Swallow Grass, Swallow Root and Swallow Vegetable, it refers to a nest made by mixing saliva secreted by some Swifts of Swift Family of Swift Order and several species of Swift genus in Jin Siyan with other substances.
Bird's nest can be divided into "domestic swallow" and "cave swallow" according to the nesting location. Dongyan has different colors due to the influence of minerals, including Bai Yan, Huangyan and Hongyan, while domestic swallow has only one ivory color. Bird's Nest is one of the traditional precious foods that China has been eating since the Ming Dynasty. The so-called "blood swallow" on the market is said to be made of "bird droppings" by artificially bred domestic swallows.
Second, the efficacy of ingredients
The main nutritional component of bird's nest is protein, which contains 1 essential amino acid (lysine) and 3 conditionally essential amino acids. Bird's nest is often eaten with sea extract ginseng, which can improve the efficacy of bird's nest. There are 8 kinds of essential amino acids needed by human body, and there are 13 kinds in conditionally essential amino acid.
Stewed bird's nest with rock sugar and red dates
I. Materials used
Ingredients: bird's nest 1 lamp
Accessories: 5 red dates, 5 crystal sugar, Lycium barbarum 10.
Second, practice.
1. Prepare the amount of bird's nest you plan to stew. If the amount is 3 to 5 grams per person per day, you can choose 1 to 2 triangular cups.
2. Prepare rock sugar and medlar. From a health point of view, rock sugar is half as much as pictures.
3. Soak the bird's nest in purified water for 6 to 8 hours. If you are free to cook the next morning, you can actually soak it before going to bed the night before and stew it the next morning.
4. After the bird's nest is soaked, it looks like this and is very elastic. Good bird's nest hair is also great and elastic.
5. Tear the soaked bird's nest into strips, tear the corners into pieces, put them in a colander, and then wash off the remaining hair under tap water. The average bird's nest will have a small amount of hair, not a lot, and it will be clean after washing.
6. Put it in a saucepan. If you like Q bombs, put water 2 cm higher than bird's nest.
7. Cover the lid, then steam in a steamer for 49 minutes. The thick smell of egg white came out.
Reference Baidu Encyclopedia-Bird's Nest? Component efficacy