Do you need to expose the homemade salted duck eggs to the sun after wrapping them? When is the best time to expose the salted duck eggs to the sun?

We all know that salted duck eggs are a popular way to eat duck eggs. They are made by pickling fresh duck eggs. They taste salty and delicious, and are particularly fragrant. They are very popular with people. Many people pickle salted duck eggs at home. There are certain skills to pickling salted duck eggs. So do you need to expose them to the sun? Let's take a closer look!

Do salted duck eggs need to be exposed to the sun?

Generally, you need to bask in the sun.

Since high-alcohol alcohol is volatile and easily evaporates into gas when heated, after the salted duck eggs, which contain a lot of alcohol, are exposed to the sun once, the alcohol in the salted duck eggs will naturally turn into gas, causing the salt to stick more fully and densely into the eggs. In addition, the constant temperature of the sun itself can also accelerate the oil-producing chemical reaction of the duck eggs and salt. Therefore, this step of exposing the eggs to the sun for one day is the key step to making salted duck eggs in 7 days, and students must not miss it.

When is the best time to sunbathe salted duck eggs?

Main ingredients: 30 fresh duck eggs (the duck eggs must be fresh, otherwise it will be difficult to succeed)

Ingredients: 500 grams of salt, 1-2 bottles of strong liquor (the liquor should be strong, at least 56 degrees is recommended, you can buy cheaper ones)

Seasoning: 15g five-spice powder, some warm water (do not use clean water to wash duck eggs, use warm water of about 40 degrees instead)

Tools: 1 steel wool, 1 fresh-keeping bag, 1 sealed container, paper towels, and plastic wrap (these tools are easy to get and are indispensable)

Start making:

①First, take a clean large basin and add enough 40-degree warm water, then carefully put the fresh duck eggs in one by one and scrub them with steel wool. You don’t need to be particularly strenuous in the scrubbing process, just scrub with normal force, and fully wash the feces and dirt on each duck egg, remove it, and wipe it dry with a clean towel or paper towel, and set aside. —— (Note that fresh duck eggs must be fully cleaned with steel wool before pickling, and the washed duck eggs must be fully dried, which will be explained later).

② Take another clean, water-free large basin, add 1-2 bottles of strong liquor, and then put all the duck eggs that have been fully wiped dry into the liquor one by one, and soak for 30 minutes. —— (Note that if you want to save some liquor here, you can keep turning the duck eggs for 30 minutes after putting them in. If you want to save some trouble, it is recommended to add more liquor at a time and try to cover the duck eggs without turning them all the time).

③ While soaking the duck eggs, take a clean, water-free small plate, add 500 grams of salt and 15 grams of five-spice powder, mix evenly, spread it flat, and then proceed to the key packaging step. —— (Note that here you must first evenly mix an appropriate amount of five-spice powder into all the salt to be used, which is a little secret to make the salted duck eggs more delicious).

④ First, take out the duck eggs and put them in salt, roll them back and forth to evenly coat them with salt, then take a paper towel to wrap the duck eggs, put them in white wine, wet the paper towel, put them back in the salt and evenly coat them with salt again, and finally wrap the duck eggs tightly with a layer of plastic wrap. One duck egg is ready. Repeat the operation until all duck eggs are wrapped with plastic wrap, then put them all into a large plastic bag, tie them up and set aside. —— (Note that this step abandons the old method of wrapping in mud and soaking, and uses a double-layer compact design of paper towel + plastic wrap to ensure that the duck eggs are better flavored and marinated faster).

⑤Put all the wrapped duck eggs and the fresh-keeping bags in the sun for about 1 day. ——(Note that this step is the key to the rapid release of oil from the salted duck eggs, so it must not be skipped).

⑥ Finally, place the dried duck eggs and the fresh-keeping bag in a cool and dry place and let them stand naturally for 15 days. Finally, take them out, uncover the outer layer of fresh-keeping film and paper towels, and finally boil them in cold water for 10 minutes until they are cooked through. Then take them out and the salted duck eggs are ready. —— (Note that they must be boiled in cold water).

Why are salted duck eggs wrapped in paper towels?

To make salted duck eggs according to the previous method, one either has to use yellow mud and salt or soak them in high-concentration salt water. The overall operation is rather troublesome and time-consuming, and the result is not very stable. Although a new method of wrapping duck eggs with starch or flour and salt has recently emerged, that method consumes too much starch and flour. Wouldn't it be better to just keep them for making pancakes? Therefore, we simply use paper towels instead. Since paper towels themselves have good adsorption effects, wrapping the duck eggs with a layer of salt and then with paper towels can effectively prevent the salt from falling and ensure that the salt is better absorbed into the duck eggs. In addition, after wrapping the salt, there is an additional step of soaking in alcohol, sticking with salt, and wrapping with plastic wrap, which can greatly enhance the full absorption area of ​​the duck eggs and salt. This effect will be better than soil (because the water in the soil will also absorb a lot of salt, and the alcohol in the paper towels will evaporate, so the salt can be safely absorbed). Therefore, after using this step, the success rate of pickling salted duck eggs can be greatly improved. In addition, pickling is also super simple and easy, and you don’t have to mix anything, so I highly recommend you to collect and try it.

About the selection of duck eggs

When choosing duck eggs, you must choose fresh ones. Fresh duck eggs will not have any spots on the surface. You can shake them by hand and the yolk inside will not shake. If you look at them under the light, there will be no shadows or black spots. And the most important point is that the eggs cannot have cracks. Duck eggs with cracks prove that air has entered and they will easily go bad.

Salted eggs can be eaten directly after being boiled in cold water, or the salted egg yolks can be used to make delicious foods such as egg yolk pastries and moon cakes. However, the salted egg yolks do not need to be cooked. Just break the eggshell and take out the yolk. Remember to tear off the thin film on the surface of the egg yolk, as this film is very fishy.