Salted duck eggs - salted chicken eggs using the dry method. Salt-cured eggs.

Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节

Let’s prepare some ingredients for the moon festival! The Chinese Mid-Autumn festival is approaching. That means it’s almost time to make mooncakes! If you want to learn how to make homemade mooncakes for this year, in today’s video I will show you how to make salted eggs for your mooncakes.

Salted Egg Yolk

If you have tried mooncakes before, you might already know that there is a salted egg yolk, commonly from a salted duck egg, 咸蛋 in the center. They say that the yolk in the mooncake represents the full moon. I always loved the salted egg yolk, 咸蛋 in the mooncake. So with today's homemade recipe we will learn how to make chinese salted egg to use for mooncakes!

How To Make Salted Duck Eggs - Salted Chicken Eggs For Mooncakes

There are different ways to salt your eggs. The salted egg recipe that I will be showing you today only requires 3 ingredients.

I will be using chicken eggs for my salted eggs. If you're using chicken eggs for your salted egg yolk recipe, the salting time takes 4 - 5 weeks. If you use duck eggs the salting time for the salted duck egg recipe might take longer, approximately 6 - 8 weeks. Salted Duck eggs will have an oilier and bigger yolk than chicken eggs, that makes the duck eggs a bit more creamy. I used chicken eggs for my mooncakes and they still turned out amazing!

A good quality salted egg should have a bright orange and firm yolk. Salted egg is a very popular Chinese ingredient. It is used in many desserts and pastries like zongzi and mooncake. You can also use it for regular cooking to bring a rich oily salty flavor to your dish.

Scroll down to check out the ingredients needed for the Salted Duck Eggs / Salted Chicken Eggs with step by step instructions! (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

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Salted Eggs | 鹹蛋

Ingredients

✿ Chicken Or Duck Eggs
✿ 2 Tablespoons Shaoxing Wine
✿ Coarse Kosher Salt

INSTRUCTIONS | Click here for the recipe video

Use room temperature eggs. Clean and dry before salting.






First dip the egg in shaoxing wine. Then coat the egg with salt. Shake off excess salt and place in a ziplock and or glass container.

Repeat with all the eggs



Let the eggs salt at room temperature in a cool dark place.

4 - 5 weeks for Chicken Eggs
6 -8 weeks for Duck Eggs




To check if the eggs are ready crack an egg, the yolk should be firm to the touch
OR
Boil an egg and taste if the yolk is salty enough/to your liking. If it does not taste salty enough let it salt longer.

When eggs are ready rinse with water and store in the fridge.

TIPS & NOTES
✿ Store eggs in the fridge for 1 - 2 weeks OR boil the eggs and store it in the fridge for up to 1 month.
✿ How to check when the salted egg yolk is ready? You can crack an egg and the yolk should be bright orange and firm to the touch. You can also boil an egg and taste if the yolk is salty enough/to your liking.
✿ Duck eggs will have a more oily and bigger yolk.

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