salted egg

Preserved duck ovum

Salted egg is a preserved egg, typically duck, that has been cured in brine or packed in salted charcoal.

The process transforms the yolk into a dense, bright orange orb with an intensely savory, slightly briny flavor.

Salted egg yolk has become a popular flavoring in Asian cuisine, appearing in everything from mooncakes to fried chicken: salted egg yolk chips, salted egg prawns.

dishes

congee

Watery rice porridge

char siu bao · steamed buns · fried rice · pasta · chips · croissant · custard bun · siu mai · pastry · sauce

preparation

curing

Restoring health or preserving

albumen · clay · ash · fermentation · aging · shell · marination · pickling · coating · charcoal

flavor

umami

Fifth taste sensation

  • savoryAppetizing, not sweet
  • richHaving much of something
  • brinyStrongly of salt

creamy · golden · unctuous · earthy · pungent · intense · sandy · grainy · oily

cuisine

Cantonese

Southern Chinese dialect

Malaysian · Thai · Chinese · dim sum · hawker · street food · fusion · Southeast Asian

texture

crumbly

Prone to fragmenting

molten · firm · dense · gritty · creamy · runny · jammy

Categories
Opposites
egg preparation style

salted eggboiled egg

Heat-set poultry product

fried egg · scrambled egg · poached egg · omelette

culinary tradition

salted eggcentury egg

Ash-cured preserved egg

thousand-year egg · preserved egg

Family

salt, salts, salted, salting, salty, saltiness, saltier, saltiest, desalt

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G