How to store bird's nest after soaking

Because the soaking time of bird's nest is relatively long, it will waste time if you soak it every time, so you can soak more at one time. After soaking, if you can't finish it in one go, you can put it in a clean container, seal it and refrigerate it in the refrigerator. When you want to eat it, take out an appropriate amount of bird's nest and cook it directly in the pot. This is more convenient.

Storage of Dried Bird's Nest

Bird's nest is the precious fluid secreted by the swallows. Like other foods, it needs to be properly stored. The ideal method is to first place the bird's nest in a sealed bird's nest storage box (it can also be stored in the refrigerator's fresh-keeping layer). If the bird's nest accidentally gets wet, you can put it in an air conditioner to dry it. Do not bake it or dry it in the sun.

Preservation of bird's nest after soaking

Tear the bird's nest that has been soaked, picked out of hair and cleaned into strips.

After draining, divide into serving sizes (approximately 25g) per package and wrap tightly with plastic wrap to prevent contamination.

Then put the bags of bird's nests into a sealed plastic box or other sealed box, and then store them in the refrigerator. Adjust the temperature of the refrigerator to about 4 degrees. This way, they can be stored for about 2 months.

How to identify true and false bird's nest

The origin must be fixed: There are as many as 28 types of bird's nests. If you want to buy the same kind of bird's nest every time, you must know that they are all picked from the same origin. Only in this way can they be processed with the same cooking time and can also taste the same bird's nest. The bird's nest, which is medically recognized for its medicinal value of nourishing yin and beauty, relieving cough and asthma, and replenishing the kidney and qi, is produced in Indonesia and Malaysia, two top producing areas. In terms of brand, the two bird's nest brands with the best reputation among domestic consumers are Beijing Tong Ren Tang and Fulinmen. If it is a business gift, Beijing Tong Ren Tang is the most suitable choice, as the packaging is beautiful and classy. If it is for home use, choose Fulinmen, which is the most affordable, authentic and of good quality.

Look: The middle part of the bird's nest is a filamentous structure, and the corner part is a flake structure; the pure bird's nest is not completely transparent but translucent whether it is soaked or viewed under the light.

Touch: Take a small piece of bird's nest and soak it in water. After it becomes soft, take a silk strip and pull it. If it has poor elasticity and breaks easily when pulled, it is a fake. Rub it with your fingers. If it has no elasticity and can be rubbed into a paste, it is also a fake. But after it is fully expanded, it has no elasticity. If it still has good elasticity, then it is fake.

Burning: Use fire to light the dry bird's nest slices. Sparks will fly, which is the result of protein burning. The ashes are black, not the white ash as misleadingly described on the Internet.