Soy egg
| Soy egg | |||||||||||||
 Soy eggs with pork in Thai Chinese cuisine | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 滷蛋 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 卤蛋 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | red cooking egg | ||||||||||||
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A soy egg is a type of Chinese egg cooked in soy sauce, sugar, water, as well as other optional herbs and spices.
Usage
Soy eggs may be eaten individually as a snack. They are sometimes used as a condiment in congee. They may also be used in a traditional Chinese egg dish, in which regular eggs, century eggs, and soy eggs are steamed together.
Availability
Soy eggs are commonly sold in convenience stores in East Asian countries.
See also
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