Best Sweet And Pungent Preserved Eggs Recipes

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SWEET PICKLED EGGS



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Simple and easy to prepare. These will keep in the refrigerator for up to six months. Delicious with cold cuts, crusty bread and assorted cheeses.

Provided by Tracy Mulder

Categories     Appetizers and Snacks     Pickled Egg Recipes

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 7

12 eggs
1 large onion, sliced into rings
2 cups white wine vinegar
2 cups water
½ cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon pickling spice, wrapped in cheesecloth

Steps:

  • Cover eggs with water in a large pot. Cover with lid. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil gently for 10 minutes. Drain. Run cold water over eggs until they are cold. Shell eggs.
  • Prepare the brine in a sauce pan by combining the vinegar, water, sugar and salt. Stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
  • Layer the eggs (whole) and onion rings in a sterilized 2 quart jar to within 1 inch of the top.
  • Add pickling spice to brine. Swirl bag around for 30 seconds. Remove bag. Pour brine over eggs to fill jar with 1/4 inch from top. Seal with a sterilized lid. Store in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 weeks before serving. Serve chilled.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 110 calories, Carbohydrate 10 g, Cholesterol 186 mg, Fat 5 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 6.5 g, SaturatedFat 1.6 g, Sodium 268.5 mg, Sugar 9.2 g

SWEET-AND-PUNGENT PRESERVED EGGS



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Number Of Ingredients 4

Sweet-and-Pungent Sauce I
4 preserved egg
4 tablespoons oils
salt

Steps:

  • 1. Prepare a sweet-and-pungent sauce (search for "Category: Sweet-and-Pungent Sauces"). Keep warm in its saucepan. 2. Clean and shell preserved eggs (see HOW-TO, _Eggs, Preserved: To shell). Cut each in 4 slices. 3. Heat oil. Gently pan-fry egg sections 1 minute to heat. Then sprinkle lightly with the salt. 4. Add eggs to sweet-and-pungent sauce. Cook, stirring gently, to blend flavors (1 to 2 minutes) then serve. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

Nutrition Facts : Nutritional Facts Serves

SWEET PICKLED EGGS



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Another recipe from the cook book "Company's Coming". Try adding some chili peppers to the brine and leave in the Egg jar.

Provided by Bergy

Categories     Lunch/Snacks

Time 20m

Yield 2 quarts, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

12 hard-boiled eggs, shelled
1 large onion, sliced in rings
2 cups white vinegar
2 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon pickling spices, tied in double layer of cheese cloth

Steps:

  • Layer the eggs with the onion in a 2 quart jar to within 1" of the top. Put all the brine ingredients (except spice bag) in a pot and over medium heat bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Swish the spice bag around in the brine for 30 seconds.
  • Pour brine over the eggs, leave for 2 weeks in the fridge before serving.
  • Make sure the eggs are completely covered.

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