Salted Duck Egg Shrimps 鹹蛋蝦仁

When you see salted egg out there, most likely it's salted "duck" egg. The reason is that duck egg has more fat compared to chicken egg, also less water. In addition, the duck egg shells are tougher with bigger yolk size. All that making duck egg a more ideal candidate to go through the brining process.

Salted duck egg shrimps 鹹蛋蝦仁 -

Ingredients?

• 20 to 24 shrimps
• 2 salted duck egg
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 stalk scallion
• 1 small chunk ginger
• 1 to 2 red chilies (optional)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon white sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon Chinese rice cooking wine
• 2 tablespoons sweet potato starch

How?

Peel and devein the shrimps. Use 1 tablespoon of Chinese rice cooking wine to gently massage and marinate the shrimps. A short marinate time should be enough, just do this step first then move on to prepare other ingredients.

Peel the salted eggs, separate the yolk and the white then chop to smaller pieces.

Destem and chop the scallion, separate the green and the white parts. Peel and chop the garlic cloves. Destem and chop the red chilies if using. Scrape then finely chop the ginger.

When it's time for the actual cooking part, use about 2 tablespoons of sweet potato starch to mix in and coat the shrimps. Only do this step last minute. 

Quickly get a pan ready and drizzle 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Switch to medium heat. Once warmed up, add in the shrimps and sear till colored and about 70% cooked-through. After that, scoop out and set aside for later use.

Still using the same pan, drizzle more oil if needed. Use medium low heat this time. Add in chopped yolk and sear till the consistency becomes more paste-like and a bit bubbling.

Add in all the chopped scallion white and most of the chopped greens along with garlic, red chilies, and about 1/2 teaspoon of chopped ginger. Sear till aromatic. You can adjust to medium heat here.

Add back the shrimps and give it a quick stir-fry for about 30 seconds. Add in the egg white and cook for another 30 seconds. Taste and see if additional salt is needed. I didn't add any this time.

Once the seasoning has been checked, drizzle a round of white sesame oil, about 1 teaspoon. Add in all the remaining scallion greens and toss till evenly mixed in. Plate and serve.

Note that I didn't use any extra salt in this recipe. The reason is that "salted" duck egg can be quite salty already. So in general, by using the salted duck egg alone should be enough. However, if you prefer heavier flavor, just add a tiny pinch of salt should do. Just a tiny pinch.  

Other recipes using salted duck egg:

• Steamed pork patty with salted duck egg
• Salted duck egg and salmon fried rice 鹹鴨蛋鮭魚芥蘭炒飯