Chinese egg recipes
29 Chinese egg recipes, each written for this site and each saying what its method turns on.
- Beijing Pork, sourced from China. Shredded pork in a dark sweet sauce, rolled up at the table with raw spring onion. Pork, Egg, Tofu.
- Cantonese Seafood Soup, sourced from China. A clear thickened soup where every piece of seafood goes in after the heat is off and cooks in the residual heat alone. Fish, Shellfish, Egg.
- Chicken and Corn Soup, sourced from China. A thickened soup finished with egg white poured in a thin stream off the heat. Chicken, Egg.
- Congee with Century Egg, sourced from China. Congee with salted pork and century egg, half the egg stirred in and half kept back. Pork, Egg.
- Crossing the Bridge Noodles, sourced from China. A bowl of broth under a seal of hot fat, into which raw slices and noodles are dropped at the table and cook in the bowl. Chicken, Pork, Egg.
- Deep Fried Chicken, sourced from China. Boneless chicken in a coarse starch coating, fried once and served dry. Chicken, Egg.
- Egg Fried Rice, sourced from China. Day-old rice fried hard in a dry pan, with the egg poured over the rice rather than cooked first. Egg, vegetarian.
- Egg Pancake, sourced from China. A thin batter spread on a hot pan with an egg cracked straight onto it. Egg, vegetarian.
- Egg Roll, sourced from China. A thick wheat wrapper around a filling cooked and cooled first, fried until blistered. Pork, Egg.
- Hot and Sour Soup, sourced from China. A thickened soup where the heat is white pepper rather than chilli, and the vinegar goes in after the pan has left the stove. Chicken, Pork, Egg, Tofu.
- Mooncake, sourced from China. A baked pastry with a moulded pattern on top that comes out hard and pale and is not ready for two days. Egg, vegetarian.
- Oyster Omelette, sourced from China. Oysters in a starch batter that sets to a chewy translucent sheet, with the egg poured over it rather than beaten into it. Shellfish, Egg.
- Pickled Eggs, sourced from China. Eggs held in a salt brine for a month, until the yolks firm up and turn orange. Duck, Egg.
- Pig's Trotters and Ginger Vinegar Stew, sourced from China. Pig's trotters and ginger vinegar stew (豬腳薑) is a Cantonese Chinese dish traditionally prepared for new mothers, but which is now also a popular everyday dish. The main ingredients of Pig's Trotters and Ginger Vinegar Stew are: pig trotters, ginger, Chinese sweet black vinegar, eggs, salt, and oil. You want to be able to fill your pot, so actual quantities will depend on your pot. Pork, Egg.
- Popiah, sourced from China. Soft wheat skins rolled around a long-braised turnip filling, never fried, and drained hard so the skin does not go through. Pork, Shellfish, Egg, Tofu.
- Sachima, sourced from China. Strands of egg dough fried crisp and then bound in a sugar syrup, where the syrup temperature decides whether it sets or sags. Egg, vegetarian.
- Sesame Chicken, sourced from China. Fried chicken turned through a sesame glaze added off the heat at the last moment. Chicken, Egg.
- Shrimp Toast, sourced from China. Prawn paste spread on stale bread and fried paste side down. Shellfish, Egg.
- Shrimp with Lobster Sauce, sourced from China. Prawns in a savoury sauce set with beaten egg, containing no lobster at all. Pork, Shellfish, Egg.
- Sichuan Boiled Fish, sourced from China. Fish slices poached in a thin broth, with hot oil poured over chillies at the table. Fish, Egg.
- Soy Egg, sourced from China. Eggs peeled before they go into the braise, so the colour is even and the white takes the liquid directly. Egg, vegetarian.
- Steamed Egg Custard, sourced from China. A savoury custard steamed until it is just set, smooth enough to take the shape of the spoon. Egg.
- Steamed Ground Pork, sourced from China. A single pork patty steamed flat with an egg sunk into the middle. Pork, Egg.
- Stir-fried Tomato and Egg, sourced from China. Two ingredients cooked separately and brought back together, where the eggs leave the pan before the tomatoes go in. Egg, vegetarian.
- Stuffed Tofu, sourced from China. Blocks of tofu hollowed and packed with a springy fish paste, fried on the cut face only and then braised. Pork, Fish, Egg, Tofu.
- Sweet and Sour Pork, sourced from China. Marinated pork fried twice and met by a red fruited sauce off the heat, so the coating is still crisp when it reaches the plate. Pork, Egg.
- Tea Egg, sourced from China. Boiled eggs cracked all over and steeped for a day, so the liquid reaches the white through the shell and leaves it marbled. Egg, vegetarian.
- Wonton Wrappers, sourced from China. Wonton wrappers are thin pasta-like wrappers used for wontons. They are suitable for wonton soup. Oversize (7-inch / 45 cm square) wrappers may be used as egg roll wrappers. Round wrappers are best for making potstickers. Egg, vegetarian.
- Zongzi, sourced from China. Glutinous rice and pork tied up in bamboo leaves and boiled for hours, where the fold is the only thing stopping it unpacking itself. Pork, Egg.
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