Salted duck egg

Salted duck egg
Salted duck egg
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	1. 鹹鴨蛋; 2. 鹹蛋
Simplified Chinese	1. 咸鸭蛋; 2. 咸蛋
Jyutping	1. haam4 aap3 daan6; 2. haam4 daan6
Hanyu Pinyin	1. xiányādàn; 2. xiándàn
Literal meaning	1. salted duck eggs; 2. salted eggs
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	1. xiányādàn; 2. xiándàn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	1. hàahm aap daahn; 2. hàahm daahn
Jyutping	1. haam4 aap3 daan6; 2. haam4 daan6
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鹹蛋
Simplified Chinese	咸蛋
Literal meaning	salted eggs
Hokkien POJ
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	kiâm-nn̄g
Burmese name
Burmese	ဆားဘဲဥ
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese	trứng vịt muối; hột vịt muối
Thai name
Thai	ไข่เค็ม (khị khĕm; Literal meaning: salted egg)
Malay name
Malay	telur masin
Indonesian name
Indonesian	telur asin
Filipino name
Tagalog	itlog na maalat; itlog na pula
Khmer name
Khmer	ពងទាប្រៃ
Kapampangan name
Kapampangan	ebun malat
Cebuano name
Cebuano	ginamos nga itlog

Salted duck egg
Place of origin	China
Main ingredients	Duck egg in brine
	Media: Salted duck egg;

A salted duck egg is an East Asian preserved food product made by soaking duck eggs in brine or packing each egg in damp, salted charcoal. In Asian supermarkets across the Western world, these eggs are sometimes sold covered in a thick layer of salted charcoal paste. The eggs may also be sold with the salted paste removed, wrapped in plastic, and vacuum-packed. From the salt curing process, the salted duck eggs have a briny aroma, a gelatin-like egg white, and a firm-textured, round yolk that is bright orange-red.

Salted duck eggs are normally boiled or steamed before being peeled and eaten as a condiment to congee or cooked with other foods as a flavoring. The texture is gelatin-like egg white and firm and has a perfect round yolk. The egg white has a sharp, salty taste. The orange-red yolk is rich, fatty, and less salty. The yolk is prized and is used in Chinese mooncakes to symbolize the moon.

Salted eggs can also be made from chicken eggs, though the taste and texture will be somewhat different, and the egg yolk will be less rich.

Salted eggs sold in the Philippines undergo a similar curing process, with some variation in ingredients used. They are dyed red (hence called itlog na pula or ‘red eggs' in English) to distinguish them from fresh duck eggs.