At the table
Use a spoon to take some egg and pork together, and eat with rice. The bowl and juices can be very hot after steaming.
Contains pork and egg. Soy sauce may contain soy and wheat, and cooking wine is used in this version. Request fully cooked meat and egg; check added sauces if you have allergies.
Meat texture, seasoning and finishing sauce vary. Chilli can be added, but it is absent from this representative version. Plain steamed egg custard and meat-patty soup are separate dishes, not interchangeable names for this preparation.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Meat texture, seasoning and finishing sauce vary. Chilli can be added, but it is absent from this representative version. Plain steamed egg custard and meat-patty soup are separate dishes, not interchangeable names for this preparation.
Typical ingredients
In some versions
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Mild and savory, led by pork and egg, with ginger and a little soy sauce in this version.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- A tender, slightly coarse meat patty beneath soft set egg white and a cooked yolk, with a little meat juice around the edges.
- How it’s made
- Mince pork with ginger, salt, cooking wine and a little water. Flatten it in a bowl, make a shallow hollow, crack in an egg and steam until both meat and egg are cooked through; finish with a little light soy sauce.
Meat texture, seasoning and finishing sauce vary. Chilli can be added, but it is absent from this representative version. Plain steamed egg custard and meat-patty soup are separate dishes, not interchangeable names for this preparation.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Hunan.
About this regional connection
Hunan: Liuyang small-bowl steamed pork patty topped whole egg. Distinct from existing generic egg custard.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有浏阳肉饼蒸蛋吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
One small bowl in a steamed meal
Liuyang meals often combine several individually steamed dishes. A pork patty topped with egg is one of the home-style choices in this small-bowl tradition.