Salted Egg Yolk Chicken | Batter Fried Chicken in Egg Yolk Sauce
Salted Egg Yolk Chicken is a delicious and rich-tasting fried chicken in a special creamy sauce that is very popular and trendy here in Singapore. The salted egg yolk sauce is also used in many other dishes, prawns, crabs, rice etc…
Salted eggs are a preserved food product, very common in Chinese cooking. Duck Eggs or Chicken Eggs are soaked in brine or packed in salted charcoal to preserve them. The eggs are sold in the supermarket, often covered with a thick layer of salted charcoal paste. Sometimes, they are sold with the salted paste, removed and vacuum packed. I have seen salted eggs in Philippines cuisine as well, where they undergo a similar process. These are dyed pink to be distinguished from the fresh eggs.
I was introduced to cooking with these by my friend in Singapore, Michelle. These preserved eggs have a briny aroma and the yolk is bright orange in color as well as firm-textured! The whites are quite salty and the yolk has a rich and less salty flavor. There are many dishes that use these salted eggs and are popularly used in the Chinese Mooncakes. The salted eggs, from chicken, taste somewhat different, the yolk is less rich.
Below I am sharing the recipes for Salted Egg Yolk Chicken, made from scratch (using salted eggs), and also the version using Salted Egg Powder.
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Salted Egg Yolk Chicken | Batter Fried Chicken in Egg Yolk Sauce
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Recipe Name: Salted Egg Yolk Chicken
Recipe Type: Chicken / Singapore
Author: Shana @ Recipes ‘R’ Simple
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Yield: (4 servings)
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The salted egg yolk sauce is really popular in Zi Char dishes! Zi Char ( ZCze Char/Tze Char/Zhu Chao) is a term used to describe Chinese home-style dishes cooked to order. They are cooked quickly in very hot woks , usually. They are wallet friendly and mouth watering!
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How to make – Salted Egg Yolk Chicken | Batter Fried Chicken in Egg Yolk Sauce Recipe at a glance:
Add fresh egg to bite size pieces. 
Season with salt(or salted egg-white) and pepper. 
Mix well. 
Tapioca flour, sweet potato flour, salt, pepper and chilli flakes to taste. 
Coat the chicken pieces in dry mix. 
Fry in small batches.
For the delicious Salted Egg Yolk Sauce:
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Separate the ‘salted’ egg yolk from the whites. (We only need the yolk). To remove the charcoal paste from the salted eggs (if present), simply scrape gently and place under running tap water. (Be gently – remember – its a raw egg shell under there).
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The salted egg yolks are bright orange and are slightly firm in texture 
Separate the egg yolks 
and steam for 5 minutes. 
Mash the steamed egg yolk and set aside to make the sauce 
Heat oil in nonstick and fry curryleaves 
Set aside curry leaves 
heat oil and add chopped garlic 
Add red chilli padi 
butter, to prevent garlic from browning 
When the butter has melted, add the mashed 
‘steamed’ salted egg yolk and stir. 
You will notice that it starts to become creamy first 
and then frothy. 
Stir vigorously till smooth and creamy. Dont allow the sauce to split. 
As soon as the sauce is smooth and foamy, add the 
fried chicken and toss quickly with the curry leaves - Remove from wok and serve immediately.
- This dish is great served over a bed of lettuce as an appetizer or as a side with rice or noodle dishes.
- Use up any extra, and cut up into a fresh garden salad with lettuce, leaves, and tomato.. A squeeze of lime adds a great flavor to the chicken too.
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1. Salted Egg Yolk Chicken (from scratch).
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2. Salted Egg Chicken (using Knorr Golden Salted Egg Powder).
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Video using salted egg powder is on the Recipe page⇑. Below is the made from scratch version⇓.
It is recommended that you open the recipe page and keep this page going if you like to WATCH / LISTEN to the video alongside the written instructions.
Key Ingredients: Chicken, Salted Egg Yolks, Egg, Tapioca Flour, Sweet Potato Flour, Garlic, Curry Leaves, Oil, Butter, Salt, Pepper, Chilli Flakes.
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Hi, I tried making this and it was delicious! But i kinda dry, how do you make more creamy salted egg sauce?
Hi Jessica! Thanks for trying!
The sauce is ready once it foams up .. try to avoid cooking it for . long.. also if you like the creaminess, add 2 Tbsp of evaporated milk as It foams up. Also of course fry the chicken only till done as over fried Chicken will always give the dry taste.. hope this helps. Have a great week 🐝