Eating in China
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Duck egg

鸭蛋Yādàn

A duck egg used in a Chaozhou oyster omelette. In one preparation it is beaten and poured over the oyster-topped sweet-potato-starch batter after the oysters are added as the batter begins to set.

Type
Eggs

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

The whole duck egg beaten for this omelette is distinct from a salted duck-egg yolk, which is only one part of a preserved egg.

In the kitchen

Beaten and poured over the oysters and sweet-potato-starch batter during one Chaozhou oyster omelette preparation.

In this preparation, whole duck eggs are beaten and used. A salted duck-egg yolk is a different ingredient and does not stand in for the whole egg here.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有鸭蛋吗?

Does this dish contain Duck egg?

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