Stir-fried squid with salted eggs

An original dish that is not often found on restaurant menus. So here's a stir-fried squid with salted eggs recipe, delicious served with rice.

What are salted eggs?

Les Salted eggs – khaï kem – are commonly eaten throughout Thailand (and in most Asian countries). These are duck eggs that are macerated, whole and raw, in highly salted water for 4-8 weeks. The salt in the solution ‘candies’ the egg. It is then eaten in rice soup, in salads or as a side dish.
For this recipe, we only use the yolk of the salted egg. It acts as a binder for the sauce.

A few tips to make this recipe:

🌶️ Squids have to cook super rapidly to stay tender. Be careful not to simmer them, though. Sauté them over a high heat.
🌶️ Prepare all the ingredients for the sauce before stir-frying the squid. This way you can easily control the cooking time.
🌶️ We only use the yolks. If you prefer to use the whole egg, just cut the white into small cubes and add them to the squids.

Here's a video of the recipe:

We made this little video with Nan behind the stove. The great thing about Nan making a video is that I get to enjoy the food afterwards 😆 (video is in French, sorry)

Other delicious recipes starring calamari

1

Calmars frits à l’ail

Go to recipe

2

Encornets vapeur au citron, à l’ail et au piment

Go to recipe

3

Calmars sautés à la confiture de piments

Go to recipe

Stir-fried squid with salted eggs

An exquisite dish with an original sauce prepared with the yolks of salted eggs.

Servings 2 people

Prep Time 10 minutes min

Cook Time 5 minutes min

Ingredients

• 300 g of squid cleaned and cut into pieces
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 3 racines coriander roots (or stems without leaves)
• 1-2 bird chillies (or more... or less... as you prefer)
• 1 tsp palm sugar
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 2 spring onions cut in 3 cm pieces
• 1/2 sweet chillies cut in thin slices

For the sauce:

• 1 tsp de sauce d'huître
• 1 grosse c. à soupe de confiture de piment (nam prik pao)
• 2 tbsp de sauce soja
• 2 jaunes d'oeufs salés
• 50 à 70 ml d'eau

Instructions

• Mélange les ingrédients pour la sauce : écrase les jaunes, ajoute sauce d'huitre, sauce soja et confiture de piment. Mélange bien et ajoute l'eau.
• Pile les racines de coriandre avec l'ail et les piments.
  
• Fais chauffer l'huile dans un wok et fais-y revenir ce mélange d'ail et piment.
  
• Toujours à feu moyen-fort, ajoute les calmars. Dès qu'ils changent de couleur, ajoute la sauce, le sucre et la sauce de poisson.
• Mélange bien, décore avec le piment doux et la ciboule. Sers sans attendre.

Course: fruits de mer, plat principal

Cuisine: cuisine asiatique, cuisine thaïlandaise

Keyword: calmar, nam prik pao, oeufs salés