Salted Duck Eggs and Tomato Salad

Name: Salted Duck Eggs and Tomato Salad
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 3 pcs salted duck eggs, chopped; 3 medium sized red tomatoes, chopped; 1 tbsp light soy sauce

by Raymund · Published May 7, 2015 · Updated May 1, 2020

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Salted Duck Eggs and Tomato Salad is a type of side salad which accompanies a lot of fried and grilled dishes in Philippines that is consumed together with rice. It consists of two main ingredients the Salted Duck Eggs and Tomatoes, some add fish sauce others soy sauce or you can even opt out of these two if you already find it salty.

Fourth day of our 3 ingredient recipe and what we will be posting today is me and my daughter’s favourite Filipino side dish, the Salted Duck Eggs and Tomato Salad. Salted Duck Eggs and Tomato Salad is a type of side salad which accompanies a lot of fried and grilled dishes in Philippines that is consumed together with rice. It consists of two main ingredients the Salted Duck Eggs and Tomatoes, some add fish sauce others soy sauce or you can even opt out of these two if you already find it salty.

Salted duck eggs originated from China and it is made out of duck eggs soaked in salt brine then vacuum sealed (usually cooked) or packed in damp salted charcoal (usually raw). In Philippines we do not use that method in storing the salted egg but a red dye is applies so you can easily distinguish a salted duck egg from the normal one.

As an ingredient, in China this egg is used as a condiment to congee, some dim sums and even mooncakes. Now if you haven’t tried one and curious on what’s the taste and texture, well the texture is really firm and it does not have that jelly consistency of a normal boiled egg and taste is very salty and sharp while the yolk is rich and fatty; some good ones even release some natural oil when you cut it. Since it has a really strong taste this is best enjoyed with mild flavour dishes like this post where it is mixed with tomatoes which will definitely complement each other’s flavours.