How to Prepare The Edible Birds Nest

How to Prepare The Edible Birds Nest

To bring out the best out of the Edible Birds Nest, we should carefully treat and prepare the Edible Birds Nest during preparation prior to cooking. This process is important to make sure we do not accidentally dispose all the benefits contained in the Edible Birds Nest.

How to Prepare The Edible Birds Nest

The process of preparing the general Edible Birds Nest is the same whether you want to cook it for soup, dessert, cake or any dishes: soak and rinse the dried Edible Birds Nest with clean water for several hours; clean it using tweezers; change the water and soak it for another hour until the Edible Birds Nest is soft and expanding from its original shape.
After going through these steps, generally the Edible Birds Nest is cleaned from any unwanted grime and ready to cook with any other ingredients, to serve the best delicacy for your loved ones. However, our Edible Birds Nest products are all clean and dry at its finest grade.

Edible Birds Nest Soup for Healing Power

Soup in Chinese tradition is used to heal, improve stamina, and usually served not only for sick person but also for the whole family. In Chinese cuisine, soup is widely cooked with various ingredients, which one of those is Edible Birds Nest.
Edible Birds Nest soup has been consumed for possibly in 1200 years in China. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, Edible Birds Nest has a high nutritional and medicinal value as anti-cancer, anti-aging, and a long list of health benefits, including for healing power. Although it is among the most expensive animal products consumed by humans, Edible Birds Nest still has high demand due these benefits mentioned.
Although some sources mentioned that there is no scientific explanation yet regarding the benefits claimed, but a recent medical research by Hong Kong Chinese University reported that the cell division enzyme and hormone of Edible Birds Nest can promote reproduction and regeneration of human cells. In addition, it helps to promote the immune system and enhance body metabolism.
Hence, 1-2 hours prior to sleep is the best time to consume Edible Birds Nest, because it is the time when cell division takes place several times faster than the other time of the day. According to the registered nutrition therapists recommendations, regular consumption of Edible Birds Nest may gives better results in two serving methods:
(1) 1 to 2 bowls per week
(2) 1 to 2 tablespoons per day
However, unlike the other Traditional Chinese Medicine – as said before – Edible Birds Nest is uniquely be consumed and enjoyed as food. In Hong Kong, a bowl of Edible Birds Nest would cost USD $ 30 to USD $ 100. Boiled with rock sugar, then it becomes the delicacy called Edible Birds Nest.