recipe: Bird's Nest Soup, A Chinese Cuisine |
recipe: Bird's Nest Soup, A Chinese Cuisine |
Oct 3 2004, 09:29 AM
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Senior Member. Group: Member Posts: 3,619 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 12,940 |
This is one of my favorite ...
成份 (Ingredients): 1-3/4 ounces cleaned bird's nest (See Note Below) 2 cups water 2 slices fresh ginger, each the size of a 25-cent piece 4 cups Chinese chicken Soup Stock (see recipe below) 2 tablespoons cornstarch mixed with 2 tablespoons water salt 2 eggs, beaten ham, cut julienne, very fine, for garnish 做法 (Procedure): Soak the bird's nest overnight in fresh water. Using a fine mesh strainer drain and rinse the nest. Place in a saucepan and add 2 cups of water and the ginger slices. Simmer for 5 minutes and drain in the strainer, discarding the ginger. Pick out any impurities and add to the soup stock and simmer for 1/2 hour. Stir in the cornstarch mixed with water and cook to thicken. Add salt to taste and pour the beaten eggs in a thin stream over the top of the soup. Count to ten and gently stir the eggs into the soup. The shredded-ham garnish will go nicely on the top of this very delicately flavored soup. 筆記 (Note): A good Chinese market should have nests available (or perhaps they will order for you), but they are very expensive. The cost for enough nest to make two batches of this soup will be somewhere between $30 and $40. Adapted From: Recipe Cottage |
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Oct 3 2004, 11:31 AM
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asian sensation Group: Member Posts: 773 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 31,091 |
DUDE YOU ROCK!! I LOVE THIS STUFF!! i go out and buy it and its fricking 20-40 dollars for like a bowl :O I LOVE YOU DUDE
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Oct 3 2004, 02:08 PM
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vertically challenged Group: Member Posts: 181 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 36,342 |
OMG I love that stufff! Unfortunately it costs too much for my mom's taste..
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Oct 3 2004, 02:35 PM
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Day's Nearly Over Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,553 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 45,183 |
BEST STUFF ON EARTH!
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Oct 17 2004, 06:07 AM
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i'm susan Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
a bird's nest? wha? rofl nice...interesting...but anyways i like how ur recipes are interesting way like u also put chinese words too!
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Oct 17 2004, 10:24 AM
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everyday is a love song. Group: Member Posts: 516 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 43,452 |
MMMM...x_X
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Oct 21 2004, 11:33 PM
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make me lala Group: Member Posts: 486 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 37,831 |
is it literaterally a bird`s nest ?? uhm ... thats quite interesting
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Oct 22 2004, 07:29 AM
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We are the cure. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,936 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,456 |
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Oct 22 2004, 11:09 PM
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say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
QUOTE(NiKECHiQ @ Oct 22 2004, 12:33 PM) is it literaterally a bird`s nest ?? uhm ... thats quite interesting it just LOOKS like a bird's nest... not a real one of course... it's sorta crunchy like crackers, but then the taste is different |
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Oct 24 2004, 08:18 AM
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because i'm worth it Group: Member Posts: 990 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 24,643 |
QUOTE(azn_pnoy_boi @ Oct 3 2004, 9:29 AM) This is one of my favorite ... 成份 (Ingredients): 1-3/4 ounces cleaned bird's nest (See Note Below) 2 cups water 2 slices fresh ginger, each the size of a 25-cent piece 4 cups Chinese chicken Soup Stock (see recipe below) 2 tablespoons cornstarch mixed with 2 tablespoons water salt 2 eggs, beaten ham, cut julienne, very fine, for garnish 做法 (Procedure): Soak the bird's nest overnight in fresh water. Using a fine mesh strainer drain and rinse the nest. Place in a saucepan and add 2 cups of water and the ginger slices. Simmer for 5 minutes and drain in the strainer, discarding the ginger. Pick out any impurities and add to the soup stock and simmer for 1/2 hour. Stir in the cornstarch mixed with water and cook to thicken. Add salt to taste and pour the beaten eggs in a thin stream over the top of the soup. Count to ten and gently stir the eggs into the soup. The shredded-ham garnish will go nicely on the top of this very delicately flavored soup. 筆記 (Note): A good Chinese market should have nests available (or perhaps they will order for you), but they are very expensive. The cost for enough nest to make two batches of this soup will be somewhere between $30 and $40. yeah..it`s actually called swallows nest.. :] 燕窩 and it`s made frm swallow spit and etc. it`s good tho..don`t eat too much. and btw. don`t buy the cheap ones. cos they usually bleach it >< |
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Oct 24 2004, 10:00 AM
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asian sensation Group: Member Posts: 773 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 31,091 |
QUOTE(niez_cho @ Oct 22 2004, 11:09 PM) it just LOOKS like a bird's nest... not a real one of course... it's sorta crunchy like crackers, but then the taste is different CRACKERS? i've tasted many different kinds of birds nest >_> and it definetely doesnt taste like crackers/crunchy like crackers -_- |
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Oct 26 2004, 05:18 AM
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because i'm worth it Group: Member Posts: 990 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 24,643 |
QUOTE(niez_cho @ Oct 22 2004, 11:09 PM) it just LOOKS like a bird's nest... not a real one of course... it's sorta crunchy like crackers, but then the taste is different um.....it is a nest..... |
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Oct 26 2004, 04:16 PM
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unify and defeat... divide and crumble Group: Member Posts: 2,759 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 6,379 |
QUOTE(niez_cho @ Oct 22 2004, 11:09 PM) it just LOOKS like a bird's nest... not a real one of course... it's sorta crunchy like crackers, but then the taste is different ur thinking of the wrong nest..... this one is swallow spit...hahaha so yummy!! it's so friggin expensive tho! i just stick the the stuff that comes in little bottles, quick, easy and yummy |
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Oct 26 2004, 07:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 2,248 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 30,084 |
lol cute name.. wana tryyy
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Oct 26 2004, 11:47 PM
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lick me Group: Member Posts: 3,044 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 44,013 |
expensive. plus most is fake, considering now theyre making everything fake in china. no im chinese too, but just people have gone money crazy andd everythingg is fake.
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Oct 26 2004, 11:49 PM
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We are the cure. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,936 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,456 |
QUOTE(PinkTrash @ Oct 27 2004, 12:47 AM) expensive. plus most is fake, considering now theyre making everything fake in china. no im chinese too, but just people have gone money crazy andd everythingg is fake. Don't they bleach the fake ones? Just get the real ones! <_< I've yet to try one of these. |
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Oct 27 2004, 12:27 AM
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hi, my name is brianna! =] Group: Official Member Posts: 5,764 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 22,114 |
QUOTE(niez_cho @ Oct 22 2004, 8:09 PM) it just LOOKS like a bird's nest... not a real one of course... it's sorta crunchy like crackers, but then the taste is different It is made from bird's nest.. I've never tried it, it probably tastes really good, but it's made from swallow's spit... |
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Nov 1 2004, 12:50 AM
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idk where to get nest... ill try china town...
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Nov 17 2004, 11:23 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 3,077 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,904 |
I love bird's nest.
I actually prefer bird's nest as a dessert. You know, sweet and cold. I always get the real one coz here, we get bird's nest from the caves. And the funny thing is, the real thing is much cheaper than the fake one they sell to stupid tourists! |
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Nov 19 2004, 07:00 PM
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The Secret Hacker. Group: Member Posts: 1,780 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 18,712 |
HOLLLY CRAP!! THAT STUFF ROXS manzz.. i gotta save this recipie. 2 bad its expensive. i only have it like once every 3 weeks or something, lol.
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Nov 20 2004, 11:15 PM
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yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
oh yumm. bird's nest soup is so good!
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Nov 20 2004, 11:34 PM
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gigi =p Group: Member Posts: 3,679 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 41,206 |
QUOTE(niez_cho @ Oct 22 2004, 8:09 PM) it just LOOKS like a bird's nest... not a real one of course... it's sorta crunchy like crackers, but then the taste is different Um. It's a real bird's nest... I think you're talking about those dishes where you have a really crunchy bowl shaped cracker thing, and you put vegetables and shrimp and other stuff all stir-fried together in it. Anyways, I love that stuff. It's SO GOOD. Except...I don't really get to have it anymore, so it kinda sucks =\ I've tried the red kind before, that was good too. (FYI, The red kind is when the swallows go through some sort of phase/illness that makes their saliva mix with blood, so their nests turn out red.). And PinkTrash, I agree with you. It's scary to read in the Chinese newspapers what sorts of fake stuff China "manufactures". That's why I'll only buy bird's nest from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other parts of Asia. |
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Nov 25 2004, 09:59 AM
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I love you <33333 Group: Member Posts: 2,928 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 30,404 |
hmmm...thats interesting...
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Nov 26 2004, 04:32 PM
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asian sensation Group: Member Posts: 773 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 31,091 |
QUOTE(PinkTrash @ Oct 26 2004, 11:47 PM) expensive. plus most is fake, considering now theyre making everything fake in china. no im chinese too, but just people have gone money crazy andd everythingg is fake. i'd like to disagree x_x its not always fake u know |
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*Statistik* |
Nov 27 2004, 01:34 PM
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sounds good..but naww
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