{"id":4181,"date":"2019-03-27T16:07:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T08:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fd5.b5b.myftpupload.com\/?p=4181"},"modified":"2024-12-19T09:00:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T01:00:27","slug":"century-egg-salad-pidan-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinasichuanfood.com\/century-egg-salad-pidan-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Century Egg Salad (Pidan Salad)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chinese Century egg<\/strong><\/em> is also named as preserved egg<\/strong><\/em>, hundred-year egg, thousand-year egg which is commonly made from preserved duck eggs.<\/p>\n

This is a dish I have struggled about whether introduce it or not because my husband hates the century eggs. But the fact is that he is quite sticky concerning about food for example he does not like bacon, sausage, pickled vegetables. Fresh meat and vegetable will be his first choice for ever. But there are a large group of century egg lovers.  My family members all love it very much. <\/p>\n

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Century egg or preserved egg are named as “\u76ae\u86cb”or “coated eggs”.  Chinese century egg is encrusted with mud on shell with a transparent brown jelly. The coating mud actually contains soil, salt and a strongly alkaline material, which might be mood ash, lime, sodium carbonate, lye or other alkaline solution. It takes around several montes to mature, varying from one month to 3  months depending on the room temperature. <\/p>\n

Pine-blossom eggs (\u677e\u82b1\u76ae\u86cb) is the most popular type of preserved eggs in China. Looks at the textures carefully, you can see the “flowers” dotted on the egg. Those flowers actually is crystallization of amino acid salt. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Another type of pidian has a yellow running  yolk and a clear, yellow jelly. We call this yellow type “\u53d8\u86cb”. It has a very similar but lighter taste. So it should be a great choice for starters. <\/p>\n

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This is a super easy recipe for century egg lovers.  But if you have not tried yet, start with a much milder version with congee<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Heat oil in a pan and add garlic and chopped green pepper, fry until soft and aromatic. <\/p>\n

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Pour the chili pepper over the eggs. <\/p>\n

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Add other seasonings including sesame oil, light soy sauce and salt.  For a even hotter version, drizzle some Chinese chili oil<\/a> on top. <\/p>\n

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Chinese Century Egg Salad (Pidan Salad) with green peppers and red peppers.<\/div>\n\t\t
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