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Marinated Quail Eggs
Marinated Quail Eggs
Marinated quail eggs are a popular bar snack in Japan. They are served to you before you even order food and drinks to show good hospitality to customers. The marinated eggs are really easy to make at home. They only take 5 minutes to cook and a day to marinate.
Ingredients
- quail eggs
- 3 tbsp dashi stock
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp mirin
- 1 tbsp sake
Instructions
- Place the quail eggs in a cold pot. Fill with enough water to completely cover the eggs.
- Bring the pot to boil for 2 minutes.
- Place a cover on the pot and turn off the heat. Let sit for 3 minutes.
- Cool the eggs completely in ice water.
- Peel the eggs.
- Mix together the marinade ingredients.
- Place the eggs in a small jar. Pour in the marinade, making sure the eggs are completely submerged. Marinate for 24 hours.
Sandwich Olimpico
Sandwich Olimpico
A sandwich the size of Mount Olympus? Yes. Yes it is. Sandwich Olimpico is a popular triple decker sandwich found all over Uruguay in markets, bars, and restaurants. This beast of a sandwich contains ham, cheese, roasted red peppers, lettuce, tomato, hard boiled eggs, on 4 mayo lathered slices of bread. It is then gently pressed to make it possible to fit a bite of everything in your mouth because it is literally 4”-5” high. You honestly won’t need any side with this sandwich. It is that filling.
Ingredients
- 4 slices white bread
- 3 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 3 slices ham
- shredded lettuce
- 2 slices swiss cheese
- roasted red pepper cut into strips
- 2 hard boiled eggs sliced
- 1/2 small tomato sliced
Instructions
- Gather all of the ingredients to make sandwich assembly easy. Also, mix the mayo and lemon juice together.
- Spread some mayo on one slice of bread. Place the ham, followed by the lettuce, on the bread.
- Spread some mayo on another slice of bread. Place the bread face down on the lettuce. Top the bread with the Swiss cheese, followed by the roasted red peppers.
- Spread some mayo on another slice of bread. Place the bread mayo side up on top of the roasted red peppers. Place slices of hard boiled eggs on the bread, followed by the tomato.
- Spread the rest of the mayo on the last slice of bread and place that on top of the tomatoes.
- Gently press down on the sandwich with both hands, keeping it together without the ingredients falling out the sides.
Cantonese-Style Ground Beef Rice and Eggs
Cantonese-Style Ground Beef Rice and Eggs
In a weird way, this recipe is like a Cantonese version of shakshuka. Ground beef rice and eggs is easy to prepare and is ready in 30 minutes. None of the ingredients are out of the ordinary. You can really use any type of ground meat or vegetables of your choosing. If you don’t have rice, the stewed ground beef is great over noodles.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 medium white onion diced
- 2 tsp ginger
- 2 tbsp cornstarch dissolved into 1/4 cup water
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 4 large eggs
- white rice for serving
Sauce
- 2 cups beef stock
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp shaoxing cooking wine
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp dark soy sauce
- 1/4 tsp white pepper
Garnish
- sesame seeds
Instructions
- Mix the sauce ingredients together. Set aside.
- Heat up the cooking oil in a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Brown the ground beef for 6 minutes.
- Add in the onions and ginger, cooking for 5 more minutes.
- Pour in all of the sauce. Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add in the frozen peas.
- Mix in the cornstarch slurry. Let the sauce thicken for 2 minutes.
- Crack in the eggs. Place a cover over the pan. Simmer on medium low heat until the eggs are cooked; about 5 minutes.
