7 Ways to Make Delicious and Savory Salted Eggs, Easy and Not Complicated

Kapanlagi.com - Salted eggs are a typical dish from the homeland that has many enthusiasts. The eggs made by preserving them using salt have a delicious, savory, and slightly salty taste when consumed. It's no wonder that salted egg dishes can delight the taste buds of its fans. How to make delicious and slightly salty eggs can use salt, bricks, and scrub ash that are easy to practice.

Salted eggs are eggs made by fermenting them through the preservation process using salt. Salted eggs themselves are popular dishes in the homeland, especially in Java Island. For example, Brebes, Central Java, is the largest and main producer of salted eggs in Indonesia. It's no wonder that when visiting Brebes, it feels incomplete without buying typical souvenirs such as salted eggs.

However, nowadays salted eggs are quite easy to find in various regions in Indonesia with various preparations. Some restaurants even serve salted egg dishes as complements to their dishes. Although it can be made from various types of eggs, salted eggs are generally made from duck eggs or chicken eggs, but among the two types of eggs, duck eggs are the preferred choice for making salted eggs because of their more chewy, delicious, and soft texture, similar to grains like sand.

It's not just about the taste, but salted eggs also have benefits for health due to their nutritional content. Some of the contents in salted eggs include B complex vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin E, amino acids, fats, cholesterol, potassium, carbohydrates, and protein. Some of the benefits of salted eggs that can be obtained due to these nutritional contents include maintaining eye health, nourishing the skin, improving metabolism, strengthening bones, and helping to boost the immune system.

It's no wonder that salted eggs can be a healthy food that has many benefits for the body. In addition, salted eggs are also more durable compared to regular processed eggs. This is because salted eggs are known to contain high sodium, which allows them to last for a long time, up to one month, when stored in a cool refrigerator.

Although sold at an affordable price, you can also try making salted eggs yourself with various preservatives. The method of making delicious and soft salted eggs using preservatives such as salt, bricks, and rubbing ash is quite easy to practice. These three ingredients are commonly used as the basic ingredients for making salted eggs.

So, how do you make delicious and soft salted eggs?

The method of making delicious and soft salted eggs is explained in several points below. The delicious and savory taste of salted eggs is loved by everyone because it is softer and more delicious when consumed. Here are 7 ways to make delicious salted eggs using salt, bricks, and abrasive ash.

1. How to Make Salted Eggs Using Salt

How to make salted eggs using salt (credit: cookpad.com/The Grateful Lifestyle/)

Making delicious and savory salted eggs using salt is one of the most common main methods. To find out how to make salted eggs using salt, there are several points below. Here's how to make salted eggs using salt as reported by cookpad.com by The Grateful Lifestyle.

Ingredients:

- 10 duck eggs.

- 1000 ml water.

- 200 grams fine salt.

Other ingredients:

- 1 plastic bag.

- Sufficient amount of water to fill the plastic bag as a weight to fully submerge the eggs.

How to make salted eggs using salt:

- Wash the duck eggs until clean, rinse several times, and then drain. Pat dry the eggs.

- Next, boil the water and cook it with salt, stirring until the salt dissolves and boils. Remove from heat and let it cool for a while.

- Arrange the eggs in an airtight container, then pour in the salt solution. Make sure the eggs are fully submerged in the salt solution. Use a weight to ensure that the eggs are completely submerged.

- Then cover the container and let it sit for 14 days. After that, remove all the eggs from the salt solution and boil them for 15 minutes.

- The salted eggs are ready to be served.

2. How to make salted eggs using bricks

How to make salted eggs with bricks (credit: freepik.com)

Making salted eggs using bricks can also be your next choice. The recipe and method of making salted eggs using bricks are explained in several points below. Here's how to make salted eggs using bricks as reported by liputan6.com.

Ingredients:

- 12 duck eggs

- 500 gr salt

- 4 pieces of bricks, crush until completely soft

- 1 L water

How to make salted eggs using bricks:

- Soak the eggs in water for 2 minutes. If there are eggs that float, it is better to discard them because they are not fresh.

- Then clean the eggs, be careful when cleaning them so that the eggshell does not break or crack.

- You can choose to sand it or not, this method is done so that the salt can easily penetrate because the egg pores are open. Then dry the eggs.

- Mix the crushed bricks with water, stir well. Make sure it's not too watery, shape it into a paste-like consistency.

- Add salt, stir again.

- You can stir it using your hands or a spatula.

- Coat the eggs with the mixture until it clumps like clay or stone. Approximately until the thickness reaches 3 cm. Enter one by one in a bucket.

- Sprinkle more eggs that have been coated with soil with bricks again as needed.

- Let it sit for 14 days. After the process is complete, boil the eggs over low heat.

- Do not let the water boil to avoid damaging the eggs. Boil the eggs for about 1 hour.

- It can also be steamed for the same amount of time.

- Salted eggs are ready to be served.

3. How to Make Salted Eggs Using Scrub Ash

How to make salted eggs using ash scrub credit: Instagram.com/telurasinjulak/merdeka.com/)

How to make salted eggs using scrub ash is explained in several points below. If you want to try making it using scrub ash, here is the recipe and the steps as sourced from merdeka.com.

Ingredients:

- 12 duck eggs.

- 1 liter of water.

- 500 grams of coarse salt.

- 4 packs of scrub ash.

- Bucket to store the eggs.

How to make salted eggs:

- Soak the eggs briefly in water and observe if there are any eggs floating, it's best to separate them immediately as they are not suitable for making salted eggs.

- Gently scrub and wash the eggs until the stains are removed.

- Prepare the scrub ash and mix it with water to form a paste-like consistency.

- Add the salt into the scrub ash and mix well.

- Coat the eggs with the scrub ash until it forms a layer about 3 cm thick.

- Place the eggs one by one into the bucket.

- Sprinkle scrub ash on the eggs that have been coated with soil as needed.

- Then store for 14 days.

- Boil the eggs after the storage time is completed for 1 hour on low heat.

- The salted eggs are ready to be served.

4. How to Make Masir Salted Eggs

How to make salted eggs (credit: cookpad.com/Dapur Ibuk Kayana/)

How to make delicious and masir salted eggs is certainly not to be missed as the most delicious choice to consume. The way to make delicious and masir salted eggs is found in several points below as sourced from cookpad.com by Dapur Ibuk Kayana.

Ingredients:

- 8 duck eggs.

- 500 ml of water.

- 5 cloves of garlic, mashed.

- 200 grams of solid salt, mashed.

How to make salted eggs:

- Wash the duck eggs until clean from dirt. Drain.

- Then arrange the eggs in a storage container with a tight lid.

- Mash the garlic and solid salt.

- Boil water and mashed garlic until boiling. Then add salt and stir until the salt dissolves. Then cool for a while.

- Pour the seasoning solution into the storage container for duck eggs, then close tightly.

- Make sure all the eggs are completely submerged, add weights to soak the eggs.

- Close tightly and store for 15-18 days.

- Salted eggs are ready to be boiled or fried.

5. How to Make Spiced Salted Eggs

How to make spiced salted eggs (credit: Instagram.com/kulineristik/)

Making spiced salted eggs can also be your next choice. The spices give a more appetizing taste to the salted eggs. The recipe and how to make it are as follows, sourced from Instagram account @kulineristik.

Ingredients:

- 15 duck eggs.

- 600 grams coarse salt.

- 1.3 liters of water.

- 10 bay leaves.

- 3 stalks of lemongrass.

- 10 cm crushed galangal.

- 10 cm crushed ginger.

- 8 cloves of garlic.

How to make salted eggs:

- Wash the duck eggs until any stains are gone. Gently rub them to help the salt penetrate easily.

- Prepare a glass jar and put the eggs one by one into the jar.

- Mix water with salt and various spices until the salt dissolves.

- Then pour the mixture into the jar with the eggs until they are completely submerged.

Place a plastic bag filled with water on top to fully submerge the eggs.

- Store for 2 to 3 weeks.

- Then the eggs can be boiled and enjoyed.

6. How to Make Chicken Salted Eggs

How to make salted chicken eggs (credit: cookpad.com/windharestidhini/)

After seeing several recipes and how to make salted eggs using duck eggs as the main ingredient. This time chicken eggs can also be used as a special dish from Brebes. Here's how to make chicken salted eggs sourced from cookpad.com by Windha Restidhin.

Ingredients:

- 8 chicken eggs.

- 700 ml warm water.

- 150 grams of salt.

- 1 clear plastic sheet.

- 1 tightly sealed container.

- Plastic filled with water as a weight.

How to make chicken salted eggs:

- Dissolve salt in warm water until completely dissolved and mixed. Then let it cool.

- Arrange the clean washed chicken eggs in a container, then pour in the saltwater solution.

- Soak the eggs completely, add a weight to ensure they are submerged.

- Close the container tightly and store for 7 days.

- Drain the eggs after 7 days, and boil for approximately 15 minutes.

- Chicken salted eggs are ready to be served.

7. How to Make Salted Eggs Pepes

How to make salted eggs (credit: cookpad.com/putrichristian/)

Making salted eggs in pepes style is very easy to practice. Moreover, this dish can be a reference for you if you are bored with regular salted eggs consumption. The following is the recipe and how to make salted egg tofu pepes as sourced from cookpad.com by Putri Christian.

Ingredients:

- 2 pieces of white tofu.

- 1 piece of roughly grated carrot.

- Banana leaves as needed.

- 5 cooked salted eggs.

- 10 bay leaves.

- 2 eggs.

Ground spices:

- 5 shallots.

- 5 candlenuts.

- 4 large red chilies, remove the seeds.

- 6 cloves of garlic.

- Sugar, salt, mushroom broth as needed.

- 1 tsp coriander powder.

- 1 tsp pepper powder.

How to make salted egg tofu pepes:

- Prepare the required spices and grind them.

- Put the ground spices in a container, add ground coriander, pepper, salt, sugar, mushroom broth. Add the eggs and stir until well combined.

- Add the grated carrot, adjust the taste.

- Prepare basil leaves, bay leaves as a base on the wrapping leaves. Put the tofu mixture in the banana leaves and make a hole in the middle to add the salted eggs. Wrap the mixture tightly.

- Steam the wrapped banana leaf mixture for 30 minutes.

- Remove from heat and salted egg tofu pepes is ready to be served.

So those are 7 ways to make delicious salted eggs using salt, bricks, and scrub ash. Good luck KLovers.

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