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Chinese Recipes – Homemade Salted Eggs
By Justina Lee
Very few people make homemade salted eggs these days, but I decided to give it a go after a friend showed me how easy it was to make Chinese salted duck eggs from scratch.
You will find two different ways of making salted eggs – with the salt brine and without using the brine. Both recipes give you really good results!
Duck eggs can be outrageously expensive at the Asian grocery stores, so you might want to use chicken eggs in these recipes. But, of course, duck eggs yield a richer and creamier texture, which is incomparable.
One very important thing if you want to make salted eggs with the salt brine is, the salt solution should remain the same regardless the quantity of eggs you use.
You can also save the salt solution to make the next batch of salted eggs, just make sure to add more salt to the brine, heat and cool completely before you use. To find out if your saline solution is salty enough, simply drop some cooked rice onto it. If it floats, the salt solution is good to use. Or, keep stirring the salt solution until the salt cannot be dissolved.
Salted Duck Eggs Recipe
While some Chinese salted eggs recipes call for Sichuan pepper corn and brandy or whisky, you can leave them out. You get the same results without these ingredients.
Ingredients:
12 large eggs
1 bowl table salt
4 bowls water
How to make salted eggs:
1. Place salt and water in a pot. Cook until salt dissolves. Allow to cool completely. Strain the saline solution.
2. Place the eggs in a large jar. Pour in saline solution. To weigh the eggs down, use a gallon size Ziploc bag with water in it.
3. Cover the jar tightly and leave to mature for 3 weeks. To test if it is ready, take an egg out and shake hard. You should be able to hear the egg yolk move. If not, continue to steep for a couple of days longer.
4. Once ready, remove the salted eggs and store in the refrigerator.
5. Alternatively, cook them and then keep refrigerated (unshelled) for future consumption.
Chinese Salted Eggs Recipe Without Salt Brine
This is by far the easiest and most convenient way to make salted eggs at home. Really good if you dislike fumbling with pots and pans!
Ingredients:
6 eggs
table salt
wine (use whatever you have. I use Shaoxing)
one ½ gallon Ziploc bag
How to make Chinese salted duck eggs:
1. Dip the egg into wine until well coated, then roll it over the salt. Repeat with remaining eggs.
2. Place the eggs into a Ziploc bag.
3. Close the bag, and leave it for 3-
Enjoy your homemade duck salted eggs with plain porridge, or enjoy them with a variety of other delicious Chinese dishes.
