Century-old egg with ham and ginger

Century-old egg with ham and ginger

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Discover this unique Chinese recipe featuring duck eggs that have been incubated for 100 days, paired with Jinhua ham and marinated ginger.

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Duck eggs are a Chinese culinary specialty, prepared by preserving duck eggs in a mixture of charcoal and citrus fruits for approximately 100 days. These eggs have a creamy texture and a strong aroma.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time5 min
  • Cook time—
  • Resting1 hr 40 min
  • Total1 hr 45 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Cooking methodpreparation

Ingredients

2 people
  • $0.35
  • $1.19

Directions

  1. Clean the egg Century. ≈ 8 min
  2. Crush the egg, then cut each half into 4 slices. ≈ 8 min
  3. Slice the marinated ginger thinly. ≈ 8 min
  4. Slice the Jinhua ham thinly. ≈ 8 min
  5. Soak it in water for a certain amount of time.
  6. Prepare a sandwich with a slice of ginger, a slice of ham, and a hard-boiled egg, sliced. ≈ 3 min
  7. Serve with vinegar. ≈ 2 min

Before you start

Ingredients

  • an egg from 4 centuries ago
  • 80 g of Jinhua ham
  • 80 g of marinated ginger
  • 1 small bowl of dark vinegar (to be used as a marinade)

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