Balut is not only a delicious dish but also extremely nutritious. Let’s cook with TasteVN to immediately make 4 delicious snacks from balut.
1. Balut stew with traditional herbs
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
50 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Balut stew with traditional herbs Serves 3
Balut 18 eggs (18-day-old eggs) Traditional herbs 200 gr Small ginger 1 piece Shallots 1 piece Wormwood 50 gr
How to Prepare Herbal Duck Eggs
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Prepare the Ingredients
First, soak the herbal medicine in cold water for about 5 minutes, then rinse it clean and let it drain in a colander.
Wash the mugwort and cut it into small pieces.
Put the duck eggs in a pot and boil for about 15 – 20 minutes. Once the eggs are cooked, peel them and place them in a separate bowl. Keep the liquid inside the eggs to use for stewing the duck eggs.
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Stew the Duck Eggs
Fry the shallots with a bit of hot oil until fragrant. Once the shallots are aromatic, add the julienned ginger.
Next, add the cleaned herbal medicine and sauté it with the shallots and ginger. Then, add enough water and the liquid from the duck eggs into the pot and bring it to a boil. Wait for the water to boil, then season it to taste.
After stewing for about 30 – 40 minutes, add the mugwort and duck eggs. Continue to stew for another 7 – 10 minutes before turning off the heat.
Note:
- You should only add a little seasoning so that the herbal medicine can release its aroma and retain the distinctive flavor of the dish.
- Avoid opening the pot lid too much as it will cause the stew to lose its flavor.
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Final Product
When serving, you just need to put the eggs in a bowl and enjoy. The perfect combination of duck eggs and medicinal herbs will give you an incredibly delicious and nutritious dish.
2. Crispy Fried Duck Eggs Wrapped in Taro
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Preparation
25 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty Level
Easy
Ingredients for Crispy Fried Duck Eggs Wrapped in Taro For 2 people
Duck eggs 5 eggs (choose eggs from 18 – 20 days) Flour 30 gr Taro 200 gr Chicken egg 1 egg Breading flour 100 gr White sugar 50 gr Lime juice 10 ml Fried garlic 10 gr Fish sauce 20 ml Chili 1 piece
How to make Fried Taro-coated Fertilized Duck Eggs
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Prepare the ingredients
First, boil the fertilized duck eggs for about 15 – 20 minutes until the eggs are cooked. After that, wait for the eggs to cool, peel them, and place them in a separate bowl.
Peel the taro, cut it into small pieces, and steam it for about 20 minutes until the taro is soft.
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Fry the eggs
Put the steamed taro into a bowl, add 30 grams of flour, and mix well. Use your hands to knead until the dough is smooth and elastic.
Divide the dough into small portions and shape them into round, flat, and thin discs. Then, place the peeled fertilized duck egg in the center, fold the dough around it, and gently squeeze to ensure the dough and egg stick together.
Coat the newly shaped egg with the beaten egg in a bowl, ensuring the egg is evenly covered. Then roll the egg in the crispy coating flour and place it on a large plate.
Add cooking oil to a non-stick pan. Wait until the oil is hot, then carefully add the eggs one by one into the hot oil. Continue frying until the eggs turn golden brown.
Note:
- You should fry the eggs submerged in oil for even cooking and better taste.
- Avoid frying the eggs over too high a flame, as this can cause them to burn and cook unevenly.
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Make sweet and sour sauce
Heat a pan on the stove, then add sugar, fish sauce, and calamansi juice and stir well until the mixture is completely dissolved.
When the mixture boils, turn off the heat and let it cool. When using, add sautéed garlic and chopped chili.
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Final product
The fried eggs will have an appealing golden color along with the sweet and buttery flavor of taro and the fragrant scent of the sweet and sour dipping sauce. All of this will make you sigh with excitement over this unique recipe.
3. Fried duck eggs with passion fruit sauce
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Preparation
5 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Fried duck eggs with passion fruit sauce For 3 people
Passion fruit 500 gr Duck eggs 10 pieces Minced garlic 2 tablespoons Chili sauce 3 tablespoons Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Chili powder 1/2 tablespoon Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Sugar 3 tablespoons Roasted peanuts 100 gr (crushed) Vietnamese coriander 50 gr
How to choose delicious passion fruit
- Passion fruit has a reddish-purple color when ripe, with uniform coloration; fruit that looks beautiful and has a reddish-purple color is good.
- A passion fruit that is shiny and has a deep reddish-purple color means it has been exposed to light for a long time, indicating a higher level of ripeness and a slightly sweeter taste.
- Fresh and ripe passion fruit emits a fragrant smell from the skin, a distinctive aroma of passion fruit.
- Holding the passion fruit, it feels heavier and sturdier than a fruit with a lot of pulp, indicating a higher ripeness than lighter fruits of the same size.
How to make fertilized duck eggs with passion fruit sauce
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Prepare the passion fruit
Wash the passion fruit, cut it in half, and scoop out the pulp.
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Make the passion fruit sauce
Heat a pan, add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, and 2 tablespoons of minced garlic until golden and fragrant.
Next, add the passion fruit pulp, 250ml of water, and 3 tablespoons of sugar, stir well. Then add 3 tablespoons of chili sauce and 1/2 tablespoon of chili powder, mix evenly.
Bring the mixture to a boil, at this point add 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, stir well. Cook until the mixture thickens, adjust the seasoning to taste, and turn off the heat.
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Boiled duck eggs with passion fruit sauce
Boil the boiled duck eggs until cooked, then peel the shells.
Add the boiled duck eggs and passion fruit sauce into a pot or pan, place it on the stove, turn on low heat, and simmer for about 10 minutes. While cooking, occasionally turn the duck eggs to ensure they absorb the sauce evenly.
Next, scoop the boiled duck eggs onto a plate, drizzle the passion fruit sauce on top, sprinkle with a little roasted peanuts, and serve with Vietnamese coriander.
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Final product
The boiled duck eggs are rich in flavor, soaked in the sweet and sour passion fruit sauce, with a characteristic aroma that is truly enticing.
How to choose delicious balut eggs
- Choose balut eggs that feel a bit heavy in hand; these are still young eggs. If the egg feels light, it is already old.
- Fresh eggs usually have a small, transparent air cell at the top without any black spots.
- To prevent the eggs from cracking while boiling, you can add a little salt.
- Avoid boiling eggs with high heat or too much water, as this can cause the eggs to crack during the boiling process.
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It’s really simple to do, isn’t it? Let’s get into the kitchen and practice right away 3 snacks from balut eggs that are simple yet incredibly delicious. TasteVN wishes you success!
*Refer to images and recipes from: Cooky.vn and Country-style Rice in the Southwest
