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Salt-Cured Egg Yolks Recipe
Learn to ferment your own salt-cured egg yolks as a rich, umami topping for your next pasta dish or even ramen.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Additional Time
5 d
Total Time
5 d 1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 4 eggs
Calories: 5474 kcal
Course:
Condiments
Cuisine:
Asian , Chinese , Japanese , Taiwanese
Ingredients
Basic recipe
- 4 4 large egg yolks
- 2 ½ 2 ½ c kosher salt
Sweet & salty version
- 1 ¼ 1 ¼ c kosher salt
- 1 ¼ 1 ¼ c cane sugar
Savory version
- 2 ½ 2 ½ c kosher salt
- 1 ½ 1 ½ tbsp garlic powder
- 1 ½ 1 ½ tbsp smoked paprika
Furikake version
- 2 2 c kosher salt
- ⅓ ⅓ c Furikake
Instructions
- OPTIONAL: Combine any extra seasoning ingredients (sugar, garlic powder, smoked paprika, or furikake) with the salt.
- Add half of the salt into a non-reactive container. Use a spoon or tablespoon to make shallow indents in the salt. Leave at least one inch of space around each indent.
- Separate the egg yolk from the egg into different containers.
- Gently add the egg yolks into each shallow indent.
- Carefully sprinkle the remaining salt on top of the egg yolks until they’re fully covered.
- Cover it with a lid and place it in the fridge for at least five days.
- Preheat the oven to 160 °F. Remove yolks from the fridge. Carefully remove the egg yolks from the salt cure. They should be opaque and easy to hold but still delicate.
- Rinse them under cold running water to remove excess salt.
- Place them on a rack with a sheet pan.
- Put the sheet pan into the middle rack of the oven and bake for one hour or until the egg yolk has turned solid.
- Let the egg yolks cool before serving. Grate on pasta, ramen, and more!
Cup of Yum
Nutrition Information
Calories
54.74kcal
(3%)
Carbohydrates
0.61g
(0%)
Protein
2.7g
(5%)
Fat
4.5g
(7%)
Saturated Fat
1.62g
(8%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.71g
Monounsaturated Fat
1.99g
Cholesterol
183.6mg
(61%)
Sodium
8.16mg
(0%)
Potassium
18.53mg
(1%)
Sugar
0.1g
(0%)
Vitamin A
245.14IU
(5%)
Calcium
21.93mg
(2%)
Iron
0.47mg
(3%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4eggs
Amount Per Serving
Calories 5474
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 54.74kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 0.61g | 0% |
| Protein | 2.7g | 5% |
| Fat | 4.5g | 7% |
| Saturated Fat | 1.62g | 8% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.71g | 4% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1.99g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 183.6mg | 61% |
| Sodium | 8.16mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 18.53mg | 0% |
| Sugar | 0.1g | 0% |
| Vitamin A | 245.14IU | 5% |
| Calcium | 21.93mg | 2% |
| Iron | 0.47mg | 3% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.