How To Make Century Eggs At Home（No Lead, No Mud, No Bran）

[Ingredients]
Water 1000g (4 Cup+⅙ Cup)
non-iodized sea salt 50g (3 Tbsp)
Sodium Hydroxide (Food Grade) 50g (3 Tbsp)
Tea 25g (½ Cup)
Fresh Duck Eggs 12

Steps to make century eggs:
1. Boil water, add tea leaves, let cool, and set aside;
2. Wash the duck eggs, soak for 15 minutes in water and clean with a scrub sponge. Remove the cracked eggs. Rinse and dry the eggs;
3. Drain the tea leaves and discard them. Add non-iodized sea salt and food grade sodium hydroxide to the cooled tea water, stir until combined;
4. Add the dried eggs to a PLASTIC container, press with a bag of sealed water. Add the sodium hydroxide solution and let the eggs be submerged. Cover with an airtight lid and date for your reference. Place in a temperature-stable place close to the floor, with no direct sunlight, such as in the cabinet. Do not move the container ever since. Wait for 1~2 weeks, the waiting time is closely related to your room temperature and size of eggs. The higher the temperature, the less time. The room temperature in the video is about 15C(60F), the medium-sized eggs are soaked for 14 days; To be precise, you’d better take out 1 egg and check the inside. The over-soaked eggs have a watery end, with a stronger alkaline smell. The egg white will be too soft if soaked not long enough.
5. When the egg white is set, the yolk is a little runny, they are good to be removed from the container; Seal in airtight plastic bags, vacuum bottles, or bags, or seal with wax for a few more days and the eggs are ready. Open the wrapping 3~5 days before you eat. The eggs are ready to eat, no need to be cooked. Best served with ginger vinegar sauce.

Safety tips for the use of sodium hydroxide:
1. Sodium hydroxide is a strong base, rubber gloves must be worn for operation, and goggles and masks are highly recommended;
2. Sodium hydroxide must be poured into the water, and not vice versa. Pour the water into the sodium hydroxide may cause the corrosive liquid to splash and cause danger;
3. All containers and tools that contact sodium hydroxide should be made of plastic. Glass, stainless steel, other metals, and wood will all react with sodium hydroxide to ruin your container;
4. The used sodium hydroxide solution can be diluted with water and discarded into the sewer.

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[paulgdlmx]

I have been doing this for years. for 1 lt water 50 g salt and 50 g caustic soda. Here in the tropics it is too warm to leave at room temp so I discovered that 13 day in the fridge makes beautiful golden eggs. I then wrap each in cling wrap for another 10 days or so. It works for me.

[sparrowbell]

Last month I tried it with 30 quail eggs n i halved the recipe. After 10 days 10 eggs got damaged. i cling wrap each egg n vacuum pack them n let it cured for 10 days. It came out great despite high rate of failure.
Then i tried making it with duck eggs. After 14 days i cracked one to check the status. it turned out great. Now waiting for it to cure.
I hv tried before with other recipes without success. Thanks for sharing

[clee]

Very detailed instructions, will try later. However, I still believe century eggs are best tasted in congee or soup.

[iSquaKs]

Thank you for your video! I learned a lot. Do you mind answering a few questions? Is it possible to reuse the solution for the next batch of eggs? And after the egg is cured and sealed, how long can I store it unrefrigerated?

[jarasum]

Will the results we get be the same if we don't use tea? And can the solution be used repeatedly?

[vasyapupken]

this recipe is much harder than it looks on video. very sensitive to temperature and egg size. i highly recommend in the first try take some extra eggs to check one every day after initial week.
it is very important to not overdo them. (they are screwed easily)

[gaminglord]

I did as told in the video but didn't succeed. Solution ruptured the plastic container similar to the one shown in the video. Then I used glass container that one also broke. After that I used ceramic mug with closed lid. And sealed it so that air doesn't go in or out. After ten days I checked and nothing was left in it. No egg(no egg shell and no sign on egg like it was never there) no water no Sodium hydroxide crystals(as it can sit at the bottom).

[c.comploj]

where do the cc subtitles in this video come from?

[Mxm]

For the same amount of solution, can I add more eggs instead of 12? I wanted to make large batch for families and tripled the solution following the same ratio but it didn’t work. Maybe too strong? The egg yolks were formed but not the egg whites. Any help would be appreciated.

[BigboiSohoe]

How do you storage ur after the wax? Just refrigerate it?

[lakbaypalaboy]

How are you, thank you for keep us updated, i always watched your videos, please keep sharing new update, stay connected.

[Makenizee]

How is this safe to eat with drain cleaner jw

[paulgdlmx]

It seems that the temperature affects the color but I am not absolutely sure.

[wendywong]

May I know what are the alternatives for bee wax and paraffin wax ?

[MyrNatura]

I did with chicken egg for 15 days the egg shrink but the color just fineblack but the taste so strong and cant even swallow i think the solution very strong or overdo it

[jonysusanto]

Do the eggwhite taste bitter? Mine taste bitter, is it fail or success?

[Nikola]

I eat them in China in my friends home they parents made this with just black tea and salt water (whiteout custic soda) and then they keep them out of fridge for months

[billlee]

Can this be done with chicken eggs or does it have to be duck eggs?

[JohnSmith-tdhd]

I just looked up if sodium hydroxide can damage glass and it can! That is so scary!

[budigrandong]

Bukan nya sodium hiroxide itu timbal berbahaya