Salted Egg Yolk Chicken
Crisp chicken pieces tossed in a foaming butter sauce made from mashed salted egg yolks, curry leaves and chilli.
Photograph credit: Golden Salted Egg Chicken Wings - Aberdeen Seafood 2026-01-05 by Andy Li · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
What Goes With It
- Steamed rice
- Stir-fried greens
- Cucumber salad
- Chilli sauce
Sides from the same cuisine on this site: Vegan Fried Rice.
How to Cook Salted Egg Yolk Chicken
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Mix the chicken with the wine, soy sauce and white pepper and leave for 15 minutes. Coat with the cornflour.
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Heat the oil to 180°C / 355°F. Fry the chicken in 2 batches for 4 minutes each, until crisp and golden. Drain on kitchen paper.
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Pour off all but a film of oil. Melt the butter over a medium heat and cook the curry leaves and chillies for 30 seconds.
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Add the mashed yolks and sugar and stir for 30 seconds until the mixture bubbles and foams.
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Add the chicken and toss for 30 seconds to coat. Serve at once.
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Notes From the Method
Mash the yolks very fine for a smooth sauce.
Keep the heat medium so the butter does not brown.
Serve immediately; the coating softens quickly.
Common Substitutions & Variations
- Dried chilli flakes can stand in for the red chillies. Heat varies a great deal between chillies and between jars, so start with a small pinch and add more to taste.
Keeping What's Left
Best eaten straight away.
Salted Egg Yolk Chicken: Your Questions Answered
How long does Salted Egg Yolk Chicken take to make?
20 minutes of preparation and 20 minutes of cooking, plus 15 minutes of marinating, so allow 55 minutes from start to finish. The recipe serves 4.
What's in a Serving
No nutrition figures are given for this recipe: they cannot be worked out reliably from its ingredient list (how much frying oil the food takes up cannot be known from the recipe). Why some recipes have none.
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