Main ingredients:
Bird’s nest: 3g; Sugar: appropriate amount.
Auxiliary materials:
Water: one bowl.
Taste: Sweet; Technique: Stew; Time-consuming: Several hours; Difficulty: Simple.
Detailed Steps for Making Rock Sugar Bird’s Nest
Soak the bird’s nest for 2-4 hours. Secret: Do not choose triangular bird’s nest or bird’s nest with edges, as the edges are difficult to stew and greatly affect the taste.
Many people do not understand what bird’s nest with edges is. Take a look at this picture and you will understand. The one on the left is untrimmed, with a large bottom and edges, while the one on the right is trimmed clean. The edges are a waste of money, heavy and inedible.
Use tweezers to remove the fine hairs and impurities. Secret: 1. Choose clean bird’s nest. If you buy bird’s nest with rough hairs, this step will exhaust you. 2. The bird’s nest should be pulled into strands, so that it can be evenly heated when stewed.
Filter the soaked bird’s nest and put it in a stew pot with water and rock sugar for an hour and a half. This step is crucial. Secret: 1. Do not add rock sugar when the pot is heated, because adding bird’s nest in advance will make it thicker. 2. The water should be precisely 100-110 milliliters. If the bird’s nest is more than 3-5g, then the water should be proportionally increased. 3. If you buy bird’s nest with moisture (unscrupulous), then you should reduce the amount of water appropriately (in fact, I do not recommend eating this kind of bird’s nest, as it is prone to mold and deterioration).
It’s done! Thick and fragrant, very delicious. Small suggestion: Do not eat spicy food or drink soda after eating bird’s nest.
