Basic Preparation
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Bird's nest need to be soaked for 3-4 hours prior to cooking. The raw nest will weigh 5-6 times
more after soaking. Cut and shred any knots to smaller pieces if you'd like. It is recommended to cook them within a week after soaking. Cooking in low heat for 30 minutes is preferable for white bird's nest, up to 1 hour or longer for yellow and red bird's nest. Do not cook in HIGH heat for more than 30 minutes, this will destroy the nutrients.
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Recipes
CHICKEN AND ABALONE CONGEE WITH BIRD'S NEST ??????
| Ingredients: - 113 g superior bird's nest, soaked - 113 g long-grain rice - 1/2 chicken - 38 g small dried abalones - 10 cups water - ham puree - salt |
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Method:
1. Wash and soak rice with salt for 1 hour.
2. Cook abalones in boiling water over low heat for 10 minutes. Turn off the stove and cover for 30 minutes. Remove abalones, rub and wash with warm water (if wash with cold water, the
gelatinous substance will solidify and the abalones will not become soft after cooked).Cook
abalones in the boiling water with ginger, spring onion and wine for 5 minutes.
3. Skin chicken, parboil in boiling water and rinse.
4. Boil the amount of 10 cups of water. Add chicken, abalones and rice and bring to the boil. Reduce to low heat and cook until congee is smooth. Remove chicken and abalones. Add bird's
nest to congee and cook over low heat for 20 minutes.
5. Tear chicken into fine shreds and slice abalones. Add chicken and abalones to congee, season with salt and sprinkle with ham puree.
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STEWED BIRD'S NEST WITH BLACK CHICKEN AND CHINESE CORDYCEPS
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| Ingredients: - 113 g superior bird's nest, soaked until soft - 13 g Chinese cordyceps - 4 red dates - 1 black-skinned chicken - 113 g lean pork - 2 slices of ginger - 4 cups of boiling water - salt |
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Method:
1. Wash Chinese cordyceps and red dates
2. Remove innards of black chicken and wash. Parboil, rinse and drain together with lean pork. Put chicken and lean pork into a stewing pot. Add Chinese cordyceps, red dates, ginger and boiling water. Cover and stew for 3 hours. Add bird's nest and stew for 30 minutes. Season with salt and dish up in stewing pot.
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CLEAR SIMMERED BIRD'S NEST ??????
| Ingredients: - 113 g superior bird's nest, soaked until soft - 1 mature chicken - 300 g pork shoulder bone - 19 g ham, sliced - 2 slices of ginger - 12 cups of water - salt - ham shreds |
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Method:
1. Remove the innards of chicken, wash, skin and cut off head and feet. Wash and parboil pork
shoulder bone together with chicken.
2. Bring 12 cups of water to boil in crockery pot. Add chicken, pork shoulder bone, ham slices and
ginger slices and bring them to boil. Reduce to low heat, cook for 3 hours and remove the
residue from stock.
3. Pour stock into a stewing pot. Add bird's nest, cover and stew for 40 minutes. Dish up with
stewing pot, season with salt and sprinkle with ham shreds.
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