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Homemade salted eggs

Homemade salted eggs

Spice-toasted salt is dissolved in boiling water to make a brine where fresh eggs steep for weeks, their yolks gradually turning molten, golden and oily.

Instructions

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    Pour a jin of fine salt into the pot (the pot should be free of water and oil).

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    Add Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves and stir-fry over low heat.

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    Keep stirring and frying.

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    Stir-fry until the salt turns slightly yellow and the spices release their aroma, then add 5 jin of water (based on the ratio of 1 jin of salt to 5 jin of water) and boil for 5 minutes (I forgot to take a photo of the step of pouring in the water and boiling).

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    Let the spiced brine cool completely.

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    Wash the eggs clean and let them dry until there is no water.

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    First, place the double-yolk eggs into a glass jar, then pour in the salted brine, making sure it covers the eggs.

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    Prepare a bottle of freshly purchased 56-degree baijiu.

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    Finally, pour in a small amount of white wine to seal it, which makes it less likely to breed bacteria, and I pickled 2 bottles.

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    After marinating for 40 days in summer, take it out and put the salted eggs in a pot to boil for 20 minutes.

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    Take out 2 and cut them open to see, the homemade salted eggs are pretty good, with bright yellow yolks and white whites, making them a little side dish to pair with congee for breakfast.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Fresh eggs
    38 piece
  • Star anise
    3 piece

Seasonings

  • Sichuan pepper
    to taste
  • Bay leaf
    4 slice
  • Cinnamon
    2 small pieces
  • Salt
    500g