Perhaps, nowhere in the world, people like eating balut egg like Vietnamese people. And, there is no place where all kinds of balut egg are both diversity of types and ways of processing like here. Balut egg is egg which was incubated, inside the embryo has formed by craft or industry. For a long time, balut egg dishes are very popular and considered to be very useful with health.
Besides, not only in Vietnam but also some other Asian countries such as: China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines and Cambodia also have balut egg. However, there is no place where has rich way of eating balut egg like Vietnam. In addition to the most common
duck balut egg, the second place is quails balut egg, then chicken balut egg. If you're lucky, you will enjoyed goose balut egg, and other birds balut egg,etc in some local.
1. Duck balut egg
This balut egg dish is headed in the list by its popularity and delicious. Duck balut egg is less fishy, high protein, big egg so you will feel full belly when eating a balut egg.
Way of processing, in North,
duck balut egg mainly is boiled, ate with ginger and laksa leaves, ate with moxa stew herbs or put into Bún,etc.
In Central, they make sauce very sophisticated for duck balut egg, they make fish sauce and sweet papaya, add sauce: laksa leaves, chilli, ginger in order to create aroma and reduce fishy of egg at the same time.
In South, duck balut egg dish is processed in a rich way.
Duck balut egg is grilled, beat it around and ate in small bowl. Boiled duck egg is less common dish" balut egg saute with tamarind "
Duck balut egg is very famous in Vietnam, foreign media and visitors are constantly reminded of it when traveling. For many visitors, eating duck balut egg is a challenge which they have to pass because they can see the shape of the egg so they hesitate when enjoying.
2. Quails balut egg
If comparing the age, quails balut egg may be less
duck balut egg dish for over 100 years. However, about 10 years so far, this tiny balut egg is very attractive for tourists, especially young people. And, for old people, duck balut egg is still number 1 and hard to replace.
Quails balut egg makes diners enjoy from its dotted shell and thin shell, it looks like tiny dinosaur eggs. Basically, inside of quails balut egg is no different duck balut egg. However, because it is too small so eating like not eating. If eating one duck balut egg is enough, eating a dozen quails balut eggs so you don't feel crave for more.
And, for many people, eating quails balut egg will suffer losses, because price of every 10 quails balut eggs from 75cent - 1,00 USD while 1
duck balut egg from 25 -30 cent.
Eating quails balut egg is slightly different when sauce is usually is diluted fish sauce, add lemongrass, chili, sour and spicy spices, then, dip submerged egg into the sauce and enjoy.
In South, Quails balut egg is processed into many extremely attractive dishes. At a small restaurant which is located on Cao Thang street( Ho Chi Minh city), they process quails balut egg into 30 dishes such as: stir fry with butter, stir fry with curry, stir fry with satay, stir fry with flour, Thai sauce, stir fry with peppers, stir fry with onions, stir fry with cheese,stir fry with chilli, fried with ginger sauce,etc with price: 50-75cent/dish.
Quails balut egg dishes here are processed by a general formular, it is boiled egg, peeled and incubated in a thermal container. Particularly, after peeled, have to dip in flour and fried. When ordering, chef will put onion and garlic in fat , then depending on the requirements of customers that make up the various sauces. Then, put egg, stir gently, for 3-5minutes in order to spices seep into egg. And, accompanied with egg and sauce is laksa leaves, roasted peanuts and pound stamping.
3. Chicken balut egg
There was a debate on the network, why is there duck balut egg without chicken balut egg?. The answer : there is also chicken balut egg but it is not as common as the above two types of eggs. It also has many causes. Some one says:chicken balut egg is more fishy, not aromatic as duck egg or chicken egg is too helpful for health so don't need to balut,etc.
With the needs of customers, the producers also have created many chicken balut egg dishes. This chicken balut egg dish also has many interseting process. The most typical is fried breaded chicken balut egg. Boiled egg, peeled, rolled and fried up crispy flour.
The second dish is quite strange, it is roasted chicken balut egg with salt. With this dish, shell of egg is intact, then roasting with salt. And, to complete this result of cooking, you should eat with laksa leaves, ginger, not eat with salt because salty egg itself during the roasting process.
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