Receta [Recipes] Salted Egg Yolk Chicken - 咸蛋黄奶油鸡
Recently there is this "salted egg yolk" craze going on in Singapore where you can find restaurants and cafes coming up with innovative ideas such as croissant, ice-cream, chips, cake, cookie and etc using salted egg yolk as the key ingredient. Besides sweet treats there are also many popular dishes with crab, prawn and chicken cooked using salted egg yolk.
Here we are featuring one of our favorite cze char version using chicken (chicken leg and mid-joints) which are deep-fried in flour batter then coated with buttery salted egg sauce.
SALTED EGG YOLK CHICKEN
[Home Cooking] Salted Egg Yolk Chicken
Above is our Salted Egg Yolk Chicken which deep-fried till crisp before coated with a layer of creamy salted egg sauce. With that some bird-eye chilli and fried curry leaves are added to enhance the taste too. On a side note: chicken can be replaced with fish fillet, pork cutlet, squid rings or even firm beancurd according to personal preference.
(Yield: 4 | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking: 20 minutes)
Ingredients:
3 boneless chicken leg (with thigh)
3 salted egg yolks (咸蛋黄)
Handful of fresh curry leaves
2 bird-eye chilli (optional), sliced
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon minced ginger
20g unsalted butter
Marinade:
2 tablespoons cooking wine
1 tablespoon light soya sauce
1 teaspoon grated ginger
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
dash of ground pepper
1 egg, lightly beaten
Method:
1. Trim and slice boneless chicken leg into 0.5" strips then mix with marinade for at least an hour.
2. Steamed salted egg yolks over medium heat for 10 minutes.
3. Remove and mashed it finely with a fork. Set aside.
4. Lightly coat chicken with cornstarch or potato starch, dust away excess and deep-fried till golden brown.
5. Remove and drain well on kitchen paper towel. Set aside.
6. Next sauté minced garlic, ginger and curry leaves with 1 teaspoon of oil till fragrant, add mashed salted egg yolk, butter and chilli then continue to cook on low heat for another 30 seconds.
7. Lastly add in chicken and stir them through the sauce to coat well.
8. Remove garnish with extra fried curry leaves and serve immediately.
3个去骨鸡腿
3颗咸蛋蛋黄
2根指天椒，切片
1茶匙蒜末
1茶匙姜末
20克无盐牛油
2汤匙料理酒
1汤匙生抽
1茶匙姜末
1/2茶匙麻油
1个鸡蛋，打散
1.将鸡腿肉切成小块状然后加入腌料腌至少一个小时。
2.用中火把咸蛋黄蒸10分钟。
3.取出并用叉子将咸蛋黄压碎，备用。
4.把腌好的鸡腿肉沾上点玉米淀粉然后放进热油炸至金黄色，捞起放在厨房纸巾上沥干油，备用。
5.接着用1茶匙油将蒜，姜末和咖喱叶爆香。再加入咸蛋黄，牛油和辣椒继续用小火翻炒30秒。
6.最后加入炸鸡块和奶油酱一起搅拌均匀即可享用。
7.上桌前也可添加少许额外的炸咖喱叶做点缀。
A short clip on how to prepare Salted Egg Yolk Chicken
SALTED EGG YOLK CHICKEN MID-JOINT WITH CHIPS
Salted Egg Yolk Chicken with Chips has a similar preparation as the above but instead of fillet I swap it with mid-joints. As usual you need to deep-fried the chicken but for an oil-free version you can bake it in either an Airfryer or Oven at 180 degree for about 30 minutes or until cooked and crisp on the outer skin. After which just toss them into salted egg sauce before serving with some homemade potato chips.
(Yield: 4 | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking: 20 minutes)
Ingredients:
- 500g of chicken mid joint
- 2 salted egg yolks
- 20 curry leaves
- 2 bird eye chilli, sliced
- 20g unsalted butter
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- Marinade:
- 2 tablespoons cooking wine
- 1/2 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/2 teaspoon chicken stock powder
- Dash of pepper
Method:
1. Clean and trim chicken mid-joint before marinate it with marinade for at least an hour.
2. Meanwhile steamed salted egg yolks on medium heat for 10 minutes. Remove and mashed it finely using a fork. Set aside.
3. Using the same oil for frying potato chips, add in chicken mid-joints (lightly coat with cornstarch) in two batches and fry until crisp and golden brown in colour.
4. Empty oil into a bowl, clean frying pan with kitchen paper towel before adding in butter, curry leaves and minced garlic.
5. Saute on low heat till fragrant, stir in mashed salted egg yolks and sliced chilli. Cook on low heat for another 20 seconds.
* 6. For a creamy sauce add in 2 tablespoons of cooking cream or coconut milk and mix well. (*this step is optional)
7. Lastly toss in chicken mid-joint and coat well with salted egg sauce. Remove and serve it on top of the prepared potato chips.
Homemade Potato Chips
Ingredients:
2 medium potato, skin remove
Oil for deep-frying
Method:
1. Using a vegetable slider to cut the potato into paper thin slices.
2. Rinse twice and soak it in salted water for about 30 minutes.
3. Remove and drain well then pat dry with kitchen paper towel. Set aside.
4. Heat up some oil in a frying pan, deep-fried potato in 2-3 batches (depend on the size of the pan) for 3 minutes or until golden brown.
5. Remove and drain well on kitchen paper towel.