Amaranth with Gold and Silver Eggs
Gold (salted eggs) and Silver (Peter) shine! Stir-frying the finest soup with honeysuckle
Description
A traditional Taiwan/Cantonese veg dish exploding with umami, where iron-rich amaranth (Xian Cai) is stir-fry-simmered in a broth with salted duck egg yolk (Gold) and century egg (Silver).
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Xian Cai(Amaranth or Spinach)
- Xian Dan(Salted duck egg)
- Pidan(Century egg)
- Whole garlic
- Chicken broth
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Gold & Silver Prep] For 'Gold', boil and peel Xian Dan (salted duck egg), roughly chop yolk and white. For 'Silver', peel Pidan (century egg) and cut bite-sized.
- [Veg Prep] Wash 'Xian Cai' (Amaranth: slightly mucilaginous green-yellow veg), cut to easy-to-eat lengths.
- Put generous oil and whole unpeeled garlic cloves in a wok, fry until garlic is golden.
- Toss chopped Xian Dan and Pidan into the wok, sauté briefly to meld with the oil (the salted yolk's richness dissolves into the oil here).
- Dump in Xian Cai, pour chicken broth (or water) just to cover.
- Cover and 'stir-fry-simmer' on medium for a few mins until veg is wilted and the broth turns cloudy with the eggs' umami. Xian Dan provides salt, so taste before adjusting.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Salted egg richness and Pidan fermented aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Spinach, Regular boiled egg (inferior flavor but color sub)
Pairing
White Rice(eat with soup poured over)
Trivia
[For Adults] 'Gold and Silver Eggs' is a beautiful name likening yellow Xian Dan and dark Pidan to jewels. The slightly grassy Amaranth simmered in this intensely umami broth from '2 magical eggs' creates a masterpiece with main-dish-level satisfaction despite having zero meat.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Don't just eat the veg; generously pour the 'cloudy supreme soup'—rich with salted yolk and Pidan umami—over white rice and drink to the last drop!
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