What's up everyone?
Today, Chef Daddy Lau is going to teach us
How to make steamed eggs, Chinese style
Learning how to cook steamed eggs is deceptively simple
We basically only need eggs and water
But we need to pay attention to the finer details
To get the silky, creamy texture just right
This steamed egg recipe that we'll be learning is like a canvas
Which you can then use later to get creative
With other ingredients like shrimp, minced pork, and etc
When we were kids, my parents used to make this all the time
For me and my sister
To this day, I'm still transported back to the comfort I felt
As a child every time I bite into my dad's
Heavenly, silky steamed eggs
Teaching us how to make this delicious steamed egg recipe
Will be my dad, who's been cooking Chinese food for
Over 50 years
And who happens to be playing the flute
That you're listening to right now.
Also, stay tuned at the end to eat with us
And learn more about the dish and Chinese culture
Check out our blog post for a printable
Adjustable list of ingredients, as well as
Step-by-step videos and instructions on
How to make this dish
Hope you guys enjoy!
Steamed Egg is really simple
The most important elements are
The amount of water and time you steam the egg
That way, when you’re done with the Steamed Egg,
It will be very soft.
Now, we cut our green onions
We’ll put it on top of our dish when we’re done
It's very simple.
The green onion gives the dish more beauty
And gives the dish more flavor
Next, we'll start heating up our wok.
For this step, you'll need a steamer rack
And a lid for your wok
Place the steamer rack in the wok
And a bowl on top of the steamer rack
Pour enough water so that the outside of the bowl
Is about halfway submerged in water
Ideally the diameter of the bowl is small enough
So that it gives you clearance
To remove it from the wok later
Set the stove to high heat to start boiling the water
Take the bowl out, and cover the wok with the lid
Now, let's prepare 4 eggs
Crack the eggs first
We add 1/2 cup of water for every 1 egg
We're using 4 eggs now, so we use 2 cups of water.
Sometimes eggs are smaller or larger
For a medium sized egg, it’s 1/2 cup water per egg
Before we start mixing the eggs
We'll add 1/2 tbsp salt, 1/2 tbsp chicken bouillon, 1/2 tbsp oil
Now, let's mix the eggs
The most important thing is to completely mix the eggs
One more thing, let's add 1/2 cup warm water
This makes our eggs easier to mix
The trick to Steamed Eggs is to mix the eggs with warm water
This way, the eggs will turn out very soft
The temperature of the water significantly affects
The final texture of the egg
When my dad refers to warm
He means water that's anywhere from 35-45 C, or 95-113 F
The easiest way to get within this range
Is to microwave 2 cups of water for 45-60 seconds
Let's mix the eggs until they start bubbling
Before, we added 1/2 cup warm water
Now, we'll add another 1 1/2 cups of warm water
For a total of 2 cups
2 cups of water for 4 eggs
Mix the eggs again
Great, we're all done
Open the lid
When you steam eggs, you must start with boiling water
Before placing your bowl & eggs in the wok
Now, I'm placing the bowl in the wok
Then, I'll pour the eggs in
Another important point
The bottom of the dish
Should be about 1/3 submerged in the boiling water
Then it will cook faster and more efficiently
Watch, I'm going to pour it in now
Now the eggs are poured.
Cover the wok
After you cover the wok,
Keep the stove on high heat until
The water is boiling
Watch carefully, as this could take anywhere from 1-4 minutes
Once it's boiling, turn the heat to a low simmer
And cook for an additional 8 minutes
If you're using a metal plate, like my dad sometimes
Uses for better heat transfer
You can turn the heat completely off for the remaining cook time
See that?
When you rock the wok and the middle of the egg doesn't move
Then it's ready
It's almost there, just another 2-3 minutes.
We steamed the egg for about 10 minutes
Now it's ready
Let's add some green onion
Let's add some white pepper on top
Then it will taste even better!
Some people mix the white pepper directly with the eggs
You can do that too, but I prefer adding it after
This dish is ready
Let's take it out of the wok
Careful!
It's really hot
My dad's hands are hardened from his decades in restaurants
But for me, I would recommend wearing oven mitts to remove the dish
See?
The silky soft eggs are finished steaming!
We can eat now!
Okay
Yay!
Whoa! Isn't that beautiful?
The egg isn't sticking to the bottom of the dish, son
Mmm, did you guys put white pepper on top?
Nice and smooth!
There's no bubbles
Looks nice and -
Yeah, it's very smooth
The texture is like yogurt
I like it like almond jello
Cheers!
Cheers Cam!
Cheers!
That's good!
Steamed egg is very easy to make
We make this a lot
Especially when our children were very little
Isn't it nice and soft?
Yeah!
You don't have to chew, you just put it in your mouth and swallow
He is two months old
He wants to eat some
Cam you want some egg?
You can't have it yet!
Babies start eating solids…
At six months
This dish isn't really that solid
I think the Steamed Egg can be fed pretty early
It's so soft
You can't choke on this
Awww
Hi! Good morning!
Cam did you have a good meal?
Let grandma eat
He only took 1 ounce of milk
Not even 1 ounce
Could you order this at your old restaurant?
Yes, if you asked the chefs
It wasn't on the menu
In China, did you have your own chicken
That you'd get eggs from?
Ah in the old, old days
In the village, the chickens go out in the morning
Come home at night time, in the evening time
But in the city, we had to put the chickens in cages
Every morning, the females would lay an egg
So we could get some eggs
That's the nice thing, we didn't have to buy eggs
You'd get 30 eggs in 1 month?
No, not necessarily 30 eggs
Some days there would be none
Some eggs were meant for hatching baby chicks
When there were a whole bunch of eggs
The mother would sit on top of the eggs and open her wings
And cover all of the eggs
Maybe she'd do this for 21 days
Then the small chickens would break the shell
And then the baby chickens would come out
It was very, very cute!
Just like you Cam!
Yeah!
Like our baby Cam!
Only 21 days to make a baby Cam
How long did you live in the village for?
Very little.
After I was 10, I spent little time in the village
See, that's why I learned how to cook at 12, 13 years old
When I was 12, my mom (and dad) moved to Hong Kong
With your aunt
It was just me and your two uncles
I already knew how to cook by then.
Were 1st Uncle and 2nd Uncle good at cooking?
Not as good as me!
Definitely not as good as me!
1st Uncle lived in Taishan with my grandma
I lived with 2nd Uncle and cooked for him
When did you start cooking in restaurants?
When I came to America
Who taught you how to cook?
I went to a culinary school in Guangzhou
In a Chinese cooking school
How many years did you go to cooking school?
You didn't have to go to school for years
Just a few months
But what I learned in culinary school didn't apply in America
It was wrong
Wrong?
It was slow
Here, you have to be fast
Very fast
In China, you took your time
Take a spoon, scoop this here
Here in America, you'd fry a big wok, churn dishes out
One order after the other
You understand how to make Steamed Egg now?
The water has to be warm
nyúhn is room temperature?
It means "warm"
You use warm water
How do people mess it up?
What are common ways that people mess this up?
I don't use warm water
I told them when I make Steamed Eggs I usually use cold water
Because it’s confusing for people to use warm water
No...
That's why your Steamed Eggs don't taste good
Aiyah, Jennifer says my Steamed Eggs are really great
Jennifer says your eggs taste great because
She prefers her Steamed Eggs really, really hard
Until bubbles form on top
That's how older sister likes her Steamed Eggs
She still says she likes the way I do it.
You don't like Jennifer's style of eggs?
I don't like it, but that’s how she likes it
So that's how I make it for her
If you want the texture to be harder, use less water
For 4 eggs, you could use 1.5 cups of water
Then it'd be harder
I use 2 cups water for 4 eggs
If you want it to be harder, use less water
Cam you like the Steamed Eggs?
Oh, I love Steamed Eggs!
I'm gonna make it for my mommy and daddy
I will make it for my breakfast!
Thank you Cam Cam!
That's so nice!
Cam Cam, say goodbye!
Awww
He doesn't want them to go
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