How to make Sichuan pickled salted eggs?

Salted eggs are a traditional delicious snack. Although they have a high salt content, they taste very delicious and can be used as a side dish with rice, etc. Salted eggs are made all over the country, but the most famous are Sichuan pickled salted eggs. The salted eggs made in the special geographical environment of Sichuan have a very unique and mellow taste. Let’s take a look at how to make Sichuan pickled salted eggs.

1. Preparation: 30 fresh duck eggs, choose the naturally light green ones. After washing, apply a little salt on each egg with your hands to sterilize it. After applying, put them in a jar and leave them for at least 3 hours (to kill the bacteria). A total of about 150 grams of salt is needed for 30 eggs, so weigh 150 grams of salt first, and pour the rest into the jar.

2. 15g fennel , 15g cinnamon, 5g galangal (also known as sand ginger), 5g bay leaf, 10g each of nard and lithospermum officinale (), 5g nutmeg, 2 grass fruits, 10g pepper, 20g dried red pepper or 50g fresh red pepper, wash and soak for half an hour and boil them together in water (boil for 3 minutes). Let cool after boiling. Use a fine filter spoon to filter out the spices and pour the spice water into the jar with duck eggs. The five-spice water should be based on submerging the eggs. After soaking for 20 days, take one out and cook it to see how salty it is. If it is too bland, add salt. If it is too salty, add cold boiled water.

Method 2:

1. Choose an earthenware kimchi jar, pour boiling water into it and soak it for half an hour, then clean it and set aside.

2. Choose good eggs or duck eggs, preferably local eggs or duck eggs. Put them in a basin and pour white vinegar to soak for five minutes. Then clean them one by one with a brush and set aside.

3. First pour half of the salt into the earthenware jar, then add a small amount of cold boiled water and white wine, stir until the salt is completely dissolved, then add pepper, star anise and cinnamon.

4. Add peppercorns, star anise, cinnamon, eggs or duck eggs in turn , then add cold boiled water until it covers the eggs by two centimeters. Finally, sprinkle the remaining salt evenly and leave it alone.

5. Choose a dark and cool corner, put it there, cover it with a lid, add an appropriate amount of tap water and a small bottle cap of white wine into the oxygen-isolating nest.

6. Wait for 20 days for the chicken or duck eggs to float .