Description
Nido Soup is the Filipino version of the Chinese Bird’s Nest Soup. The name came from a place in El Nido, Palawan (An island in the South West part of the Philippines) where these nests are harvested. This dish is a really expensive delicacy not just in the Philippine cuisine but as well as the Chinese cuisine as the nests came from cave swifts as it known for producing saliva nests which attributes to the unique gelatinous texture of this soup.
Ingredients
- 100g dried bird’s nest (Note: this may be hard to find, so you can make a mock one by replacing the birds nest with 1 bundle bean threads and 1 tsp honey to the ingredients)
- 100g chicken meat, cooked and flaked
- 1 pc smoked ham, chopped into really small squares
- 6 cups chicken stock
- 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine
- 2 egg whites
- 2 tbsp cornstarch, mixed in 1/4 cup water
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 white onions, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup corn
- oil
- fresjly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Soak the birds nest in water for 12 hrs, then drain and rinse in running water. Make sure the nest is clean. If you are using a mock version, soak bean threads for 30 minutes before using.
- Flake the chicken pieces further until it resembles a floss consistency, you can achieve this by using a mortar and pestle.
- Now sauté onions in a small amount of oil until it become translucent.
- Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil, and simmer for 5 minutes. Now using a fine sieve transfer the soup to another pot separating the sautéed onions.
- Now bring the stock again to a boil then add the birds nest, corn and ham. Simmer for 30 minutes.
- Now add the chicken bit by bit while stirring the soup then add the sherry and dissolved cornstarch.
- Lightly beat egg whites then gently fold gently making sure it will not blend with the soup. Simmer for 3 more minutes, season with freshly ground black pepper then serve.
Did you use a real one? Can you buy it in NZ?
Yup you can buy them in Asian shops vacuum packed
this is new to me, I normally double boil the birds nest with some rock sugar, that all.
Fascinating, I love food history and the unique ways different cultures use what is available, or in this case, that which is rare and special.
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What a unique recipe! I have never had bird’s nest soup, but reading about it is the next best thing. Thanks for sharing.
Kathleen
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where can i sold birds nest because i have here 5 kilo but color brown, i sell this for only 15,000 1 kilo
Lol, is this real?
May pugad ako ng balinsasayaw.magkano ba bili nyo.how much?