World Flavors Cookbook

Iron Egg (Tie Dan)

Name: Iron Egg (Tie Dan)
Cook time: 360 min
Cuisine: Taiwan
Ingredients: quail eggs or chicken eggs, soy sauce, sugar, five-spice, star anise

Small eggs that have been repeatedly braised and air-dried until they become dark, chewy, and intensely flavorful.

Cuisine: Taiwan

Ingredients

quail eggs or chicken eggs, soy sauce, sugar, five-spice, star anise

Instructions

Repeatedly braise eggs in a spiced soy mixture and then air-dry them. Each cycle makes the egg darker, smaller, and chewier. Usually takes several days.