Do you know what bird's nest tastes like?

Sweet? sour?

Like jelly?

Or cool and refreshing like jelly?

Some people say that eating a bird's nest is like drinking water.
It's nutritious, what taste is not important
actually not,
There are many ways that bird's nest can be combined with cooking.

As long as the ingredients are used properly, bird's nest not only tastes nutritious,
And it tastes great too!

So, let's take a look at what a pure natural bird's nest looks like, how does it smell and what does it taste like? And how to make delicious bird's nest!

Due to the special living environment of swiftlets, house swiftlets live in airtight swiftlet houses, while cave swiftlets live in caves and cliffs. Whether it is house swiftlets or cave swallows, the living environment of swiftlets is relatively humid and has poor air permeability.
Therefore, the bird's nest will have a certain musty smell, fishy smell, and other naturally formed tastes, but it will not affect the consumption.

Fishy smell: Pure bird's nest has a slightly fishy smell, which is actually the taste of protein.
Bird's nest contains a lot of water-soluble protein. When it contains a certain amount of water, it should have a light fishy smell. This light fishy smell is the basic taste of bird's nest raw materials, and it is also the performance of pure natural ingredients.
Due to the different dryness of bird's nest (different water content), the concentration of fishy smell is also different.

Musty smell: The musty smell of bird's nest raw materials is relatively obvious. First, because swiftlet likes a humid environment, some swiftlet farmers will install humidifiers in the bird's nest, so that the humidity in the bird's nest is suitable for the swiftlet to live in. The musty smell is stronger;
Second, the bird's nest farmers will sprinkle water on the bird's nest when picking wild bird's nest, so it is not easy to damage the bird's nest when picking the hole bird's nest, so the musty smell of the bird's nest raw material will be stronger, but it will not affect the shelf life.
The musty smell of the dried swallow cup will be much lighter than that!

Ammonia smell: Swiftlet likes a humid, dark and hot environment, and likes a familiar smell such as bird droppings. There will be some swiftlet droppings in the swiftlet house or cave.
In addition, the swallow house and the cave walls are dark and humid, the swallow's feces will ferment and release ammonia gas, which will also make the bird's nest smell similar to ammonia water.
After the bird's nest raw material is picked, it will go through multiple processing steps such as soaking, picking, and air-drying. Most of the ammonia smell in the bird's nest will be greatly reduced.

Egg white flavor:Friends who have stewed bird's nest know that bird's nest is rich in protein, egg white taste is the taste of protein, and protein is the main ingredient in swiftlet saliva. We usually eat eggs, the egg white inside, is the egg white taste.
Therefore, after the pure natural bird's nest is stewed, there will be a slight egg white taste, which is normal.

When it comes to protein, there is a very old-fashioned and very good way to verify its authenticity, which is to tear off a small piece of "dried bird's nest" and burn it with fire. It will smell like burnt hair. This is natural protein. smell.

If you can't accept the taste of egg white, you might as well add honey, coconut milk, milk and other accessories to the bird's nest when eating bird's nest, and the egg white taste will naturally be less intense.

Bird's Nest Stew Tutorial

[Suggest]:
1. It is best not to simmer the bird's nest for more than 30 minutes to avoid stewing the bird's nest. It must be boiled on a high heat and then simmered on a low heat, and pure water must be used.
2. The normal bird's nest has clear lines, full shape, complete half-moon shape or boat-like shape. The minimum foaming rate can reach more than 8-10 times, and the swallow silk after foaming is distinct, has a certain elasticity, and will not agglomerate.
In addition, the cooked bird's nest has a smooth and delicate taste. It has a natural egg white taste in the mouth, and there is no fishy smell and other peculiar smells.