How to raise Backyard Chickens: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Pickled eggs

Monday, November 29, 2010

[CHICKENS-101] Re: Pickled eggs

Here's one I got off the net. http://www.ichef.com/recipe.cfm/recipe/Thousand-Year-Old%20Eggs/task/display/itemid/74678/recipeid/74341

There are a lot more in you google Thousand-Year-Old Eggs Recipe.

Eric

Thousand-Year-Old Eggs Recipe

Recipe Categories: Egg Recipes
Average Rating: (12 votes)
Yield: 12 Servings

Ingredients
2 c Very strong black tea
1/3 c Salt
2 c Each ashes of pine wood,
Ashes of charcoal and ashes from fireplace
1 c Lime *
12 Fresh duck eggs

Instructions

These are often called thousand-year eggs, even though the preserving process lasts only 100 days. They may be purchased individually in Oriental markets.

1. Combine tea, salt, ashes and lime. Using about 1/2 cup per egg, thickly coat each egg completely with this clay-like mix- ture. Line a large crock with garden soil and carefully lay coated eggs on top. Cover with more soil and place crock in a cool dark place. Allow to cure for 100 days. To remove coating, scrape eggs and rinse under running water to clean thoroughly.

2. Crack lightly and remove shells. The white of the egg will appear a grayish, translucent color and have a gelatinous texture. The yolk, when sliced, will be a grayish-green color.

3. To serve, cut into wedges and serve with:

4. Sweet pickled scallions or any sweet pickled vegetable

5. Sauce of 2 tablespoons each vinegar, soy sauce and rice wine and 1 tablespoon minced ginger root.

* Available in garden stores and nurseries.

The description of the whites turning grayish isn't quite accurate from the ones I've seen. They're more a dark blackish amber color-- quite attractive actually.

From "The Regional Cooking of China" by Margret Gin and Alfred E. Castle, 101 Productions, San Francisco, 1975.

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