Can You Eat Salted Egg Without Cooking It?

Salted duck eggs are a classic Chinese side dish, and a traditional way to preserve fresh eggs. They’re made by curing eggs in salt for about a month.

We went to a salted duck egg factory in Jiangsu Province, where there’s a town famous for them, to learn how they’re made.

0:00 Ways to eat salted egg
1:19 How to make salted egg
2:19 Chemical reaction inside the egg
4:12 What are the best salted eggs like?
5:58 How Zhou Yujun's passion started

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Producer: Clarissa Wei
Videographer: Shirley Xu
Editor: Joel Roche

Music: Audio Network

[winArct]

4:20 Based on the looks, the texture, the color and most importantly.. the oily & sandy part.. his salted eggs must be heavenly good.

[arifsetiawan]

In Indonesia, there is Brebes town which is famous for salted eggs. Originally salted eggs in Brebes was founded by Chinese-Indonesian.
The process is exactly the same as the traditional ones. But we use brick powders instead of dirts. But since brick is made from dirt too, so I guess it's still the same.
We have two different kinds of salted eggs. In this video, we usually call it "pangon" because the ducks feed in the wild (they eat shrimp, fish, water-grass, etc). While the other one, the ducks stay in their cages and farmer feeds them. It's cheaper than "pangon".
And for sales, usually they sell raw eggs, hard-boiled eggs and baked eggs. Yes, they baked it in the oven.

Sorry for long comment.

[anthonyborja]

My man said "As a kid, I only got an egg on my this statement is a clear comparison on the difference in time and economic conditions of the past and present.

[vvangzi]

Even I’ve been having Gaoyou salted eggs since I was a kid, this video still has taught me a lot more!!!
Truly educational, very authentic!!!

[patinka]

I’ve made salted duck eggs in salted, seasoned water and they turn out great! Takes about 1 month of curing In the water, and then I use the egg yolks in steamed minced pork or stir-fried with zucchini. The flavour is wonderful.

[bigbidnessborsalino]

this video radiates "Great Big Story" energy, while staying original. and I'm loving it!

edit:
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[stmbds]

salted egg with chopped onions, tomatoes and vinegar is literally my favorite side dish

[kidrm]

I pulled out one of these bad boys for lunch while working in the NHS once and omg the questions just wouldn't stop coming.

[lelengtintin]

In the Philippines, this is called "Itlog na Pula" or "Red Egg" in English. People pack these eggs with red soil which makes it red, (before) but now they just paint it with scarlet red and the rest is just like how every other salted eggs were made. Then, Itlog na Pula were slowly becoming rare in the market, and what we have now are those regular white salted eggs. We just call this now "Itlog na Maalat" which means "Salty Egg". 😂

[kfjmyvc]

I love eating mine with porridge. When I am sick it gives me energy and it's easy on my tummy. 🤤

[igot_chu]

i love salted eggs with tomatoes and warm rice

[angelad.]

So amazing really. I can imagine, like many things, how a person accidentley discovered this but what a fundamental difference it made in the struggled to stay fed.

[phuongnguyen-ydbn]

Plain congee with salted egg is my favorite dish all the time. 😋 I think if I don’t feel high blood pressure I can eat this dish for the whole year.

[lydoofusbinderp]

I love salted egg yolk cookies. Mooncakes are what turned me onto these! I'd happily eat a mooncake with only salted egg yolk inside and no sweet filling lol.

[drsoe]

i love eating salted egg mixed with tomatoes & onions

[SenikaiGamez]

My parents make them alot and they taste so nice!

[dee_lulu]

This was a surprisingly delicious and nutritious treat to have as a kid when eaten with freshly chopped tomatoes and rice. Most we could afford were canned goods and instant noodles as a meal for 5 and had to stick to a strict budget. Dad also told me to take note from which neighboring store had salted eggs with oily yolks because those are always the best cured ones. Based from this video my dad was right.

[sknhrmli]

you can make them at home, what i usually do (my mum taught me) is to just brine the eggs salted water, like really salty water (probably makes up 30 to 40% of the solution) and left them to brine for a few weeks or a month

[KonfuziusInstitutLpz]

All of your videos are just so interesting, informative and well-made! Keep up the good work!

[aura]

I’ve always been a little curious how salty eggs were made. Thank you! Every video you post is great, especially ones about food! Keep em coming and I’ll keep watching, and giving a thumbs up 👍!