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.