Beef shank and mung bean porridge with Pink Nest adds one more dish to your list of bird's nest recipes. It is easy to cook and full of nutrients. Join Yến Sào Sài Gòn in learning how to prepare this dish.
Ingredients to prepare
20gr bird's nest, soaked until expanded and cleaned, then steamed
300gr beef shank
50gr mung beans
50gr glutinous rice
100ml beef stock
Seasoning:
1 teaspoon seasoning powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon pepper
3 finely chopped shallots
1 tablespoon cooking oil
How to prepare
Wash the beef shank clean and boil it whole for 20 minutes or more, depending on how tough or tender the beef shank is. Once the beef shank is tender, take it out, let it cool, then slice it thinly. Keep the cooking water only to make the beef stock (about 100 ml). Note that while boiling, skim off the scum regularly so the stock does not turn cloudy.
Wash the glutinous rice and mung beans clean
After washing the mung beans clean of their skins, cook the rice and mung bean mixture until very soft.
Marinate the beef with the finely chopped shallots, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon seasoning powder, 1 teaspoon sugar and ½ teaspoon pepper. Fry the shallots until fragrant, keeping the heat low, because burnt shallots turn black and taste bad. Then add the beef shank and stir-fry so it absorbs the seasoning.
Bring the beef stock to a boil, add the rice, mung beans and the stir-fried beef and cook for 15-18 minutes. Then taste, and if it still seems bland, season further to your liking before ladling into a bowl.
Top the bowl of porridge with the bird's nest, coriander and pepper, and serve hot. This dish helps boost vitality, provides iron and cools the body.
Mung beans are known as a very cooling food that clears heat and detoxifies, relieves irritability from heat, reduces swelling and relieves ailments caused by heat. Mung bean skin is non-toxic and is used to relieve heat toxins and to treat acne, boils...
The nutritional composition of bird's nest has a very high protein content (about 50-60%), 18 amino acids, 31 trace elements and 7 kinds of sugars (carbohydrates) essential to the body that cannot be replaced by other foods. Therefore, bird's nest suits many ages and genders, from children to the elderly, from men to women, from the sick to people in normal health…
A few notes on how to steam bird's nest porridge with mung beans and beef shank:
Pre-processing: First, soak the bird's nest in cold water for about 2 hours (when the nest strands loosen, it is ready). While soaking, make sure the water covers the nest so it absorbs the amount of water it needs. Then put the nest in a strainer, place the strainer in a bowl of water and stir gently with a spoon while lifting it up and down (to clean it).
Preparation: The best way to cook bird's nest is to double-boil it, which preserves its nutrients. Whatever dish you make, it is best to steam the bird's nest separately first and only then add it to the dish.
Eating bird's nest regularly is what gives the best nourishing effect. It is better to eat a small amount every day or every other day, rather than occasionally eating a large amount.
The best time to eat bird's nest is in the evening before going to sleep. In the evening, about 1 hour after falling asleep, the level of growth hormone is very high, and if plenty of ingredients supplied by food are available then, the body makes the best use of them to develop.
Yến Sào Sài Gòn wishes you success!