Sliced century eggs arranged on a white plate beside a knife on burlap fabric.

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Century Egg with Ham and Ginger

Name: Century Egg with Ham and Ginger
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 century eggs; 80 g Jinhua ham; 80 g pickled stem ginger; 1 small bowl of dark vinegar (use for dipping)

The century egg (a.k.a. preserved egg, thousand-year egg, hundred-year egg, hundred-year-old egg, thousand-year-old egg; Chinese: 皮蛋; pinyin: pídàn or Chinese: 松花蛋; pinyin: sōnghūadàn) is a Chinese delicacy made by preserving duck (or less commonly chicken) eggs in a mixture of charcoal and lime for (despite the name) around 100…

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Gather first

Ingredients

4 century eggs
80 g Jinhua ham
80 g pickled stem ginger
1 small bowl of dark vinegar (use for dipping)

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Make it

Method

Wash century eggs clean.
Shell the eggs, and cut each into 4 slices. Cut the pickled stem ginger into thin slices.
Cut the Jinhua ham into thin slices. Soak in water for a while.
Sandwich a slice of ginger with one of ham and a sliced century egg.
Serve with vinegar.