Iron egg
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Iron eggs are a speciality egg
-based dish from Taiwan
. They are considered a delicacy and originated in the Tamsui District of New Taipei City.
The eggs were supposed to have been created by the restaurateur Huang Zhangnian (黃張哖) serving snacks to the dock hands in the sea-side town. On one rainy day with less business than usual, Huang Zhangnian had to continually recook red cooked
eggs (滷蛋) to keep them warm after taking them out of the soy sauce
broth. The recooking and drying process eventually resulted in eggs that were dark, flavourful, and chewy, which was extremely popular with the locals. Huang eventually founded a new business based on her Iron egg recipe, selling them under the brand Apotiedan .
The dish consists of small eggs that have been repeatedly stewed in a mix of spices and air-dried. The resulting eggs are dark brown on the outside, chewy in texture, and very flavourful compared to standard boiled eggs.
Egg (food)
Eggs are laid by females of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, and have probably been eaten by mankind for millennia. Bird and reptile eggs consist of a protective eggshell, albumen , and vitellus , contained within various thin membranes...
-based dish from Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. They are considered a delicacy and originated in the Tamsui District of New Taipei City.
The eggs were supposed to have been created by the restaurateur Huang Zhangnian (黃張哖) serving snacks to the dock hands in the sea-side town. On one rainy day with less business than usual, Huang Zhangnian had to continually recook red cooked
Red cooking
In Chinese cooking, Red cooking is a slow braising cooking technique that imparts a red color to the prepared food....
eggs (滷蛋) to keep them warm after taking them out of the soy sauce
Soy sauce
Soy sauce is a condiment produced by fermenting soybeans with Aspergillus oryzae or Aspergillus sojae molds, along with water and salt...
broth. The recooking and drying process eventually resulted in eggs that were dark, flavourful, and chewy, which was extremely popular with the locals. Huang eventually founded a new business based on her Iron egg recipe, selling them under the brand Apotiedan .
The dish consists of small eggs that have been repeatedly stewed in a mix of spices and air-dried. The resulting eggs are dark brown on the outside, chewy in texture, and very flavourful compared to standard boiled eggs.