Smashed Chili with Century Egg

About Smashed Chili with Century Egg - Hunan Cuisine

Hunan Chili Preserved Egg is a rare and delicious dish in Hunan cuisine, originating from Hunan. It is spicy, sour and fragrant, and processed carefully. It is famous for stewing, boiling, steaming and stir-frying. It is a homely taste in the hearts of local people.

Ingredients

• 3 preserved eggs
• Chili 200g
• 3 eggs
• Appropriate amount of cooking oil
• Salt as appropriate
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• Onion, ginger and garlic appropriate amount
• Cooking wine 1 spoon

Instructions

1. 1. Heat oil in a pot and sauté minced garlic and chili until fragrant
2. 2. Add Hunan pepper preserved eggs and stir-fry over high heat until they change color.
3. 3. Add chili, eggs, onions, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until cooked through
4. 4. Add chopped chili and soy sauce to taste and stir-fry quickly over high heat
5. 5. Pour in the cooking wine to remove the fishy smell and reduce the juice over high heat.
6. 6. Remove from the pan and serve on a plate

Cultural Notes

Hunan Chili Pepper Preserved Egg embodies the culinary essence of Hunan cuisine. Hunan cuisine is one of the eight major cuisines in China and is famous for its hot and sour taste. Hunan cuisine pays attention to the freshness of ingredients and fine knife skills. Fish head with peeled pepper, Mapo tofu, and braised pork are all classic representatives of Hunan cuisine. In Hunan, people are very particular about the selection of ingredients and the control of heat. Hunan Chili Pepper Preserved Egg is the epitome of this ingenuity.