Description
The easiest walking snack at night markets, where quail eggs are cracked sequentially into a special multi-holed iron griddle, skewered, and eaten with thick soy sauce, chili sauce, or pepper.
Restaurants serving Grilled Quail Egg Skewers
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The Recipe section below is a general reference, not a recipe from the listed shops.
Recipe
Ingredients
- Quail eggs(raw)
- Thick soy sauce
- Chili sauce
- White pepper
- Oil
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Heat a 'custom iron griddle for Kao Niao Dan' with dozens of small round holes like a Takoyaki pan.
- Oil each hole and crack raw quail eggs into them at breakneck speed.
- When bottoms cook slightly, shape the whites within the hole (like sunny-side-up eggs).
- When whites set, use a bamboo skewer to pierce 3-
- eggs together in one go (artisan skill of skewering horizontally).
- Flip to briefly cook the other side, lift the whole skewer off the griddle.
- Customers brush their own sauces (Jiangyou Gao, sweet chili sauce, white pepper, plum powder, seaweed powder, etc.) from the counter and bite in hot.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Preferred sauce or spice powder
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Fried eggs made in a Takoyaki pan
Pairing
Tapioca Milk Tea or Fruit juice
Trivia
[For Youth] Literally 'grilled bird eggs'. You'll be mesmerized by the auntie's god-like performance of cracking and skewering eggs at unbelievable speed near the entrance. Very cheap (~10-20 NTD), a captivating skewer everyone buys.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] In Taiwan night market style, sprinkle plenty of spicy white pepper over the sweet thick soy sauce (Jiangyou Gao) to enjoy the contrast!
Allergen
Egg, Soy, Wheat (depends on sauce)