Egg and Spinach Hotpot

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
A Cook’s Guide to Chinese Vegetables

By Martha Dahlen

Published 1992

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Ingredients

  • Chinese spinach
  • 1 fresh chicken egg
  • 1 salted duck egg (haam daan)
  • 1

Method

Crush the clove of garlic; fry it in a small amount of oil in a saucepan. Add the vegetable; stir until just wilted. Add the chicken stock or water — to about half the depth of the vegetable if you want a casserole, or to float the vegetable if you want a soup. Bring to a boil and simmer until vegetable is 80 percent cooked, only 2 to 3 minutes. Meanwhile, clean the duck egg by washing or scrap