Seasoned Advice Asked by SilverRay on May 11, 2021
I read in a manga (shokugeki no soma chapter 170) the main protagonist froze an egg, then removed the shell and dipped it in tempura batter, making a dish that seems impossible to be created in reality.
Can one achieve that kind of cooking technique in reality?
It appears to be feasible!
I found this article in which a "cooking expert" gives a specific recipe:
Frozen egg tempura
Remove the shell of a frozen egg and cut the egg in half lengthwise without thawing. A peeled egg is slippery, so put a paper towel on the cutting board before you place the egg on the board. Lightly flour the halves of the egg all over, and dip it in a mixture of three tablespoons of tempura flour and two tablespoons of water. Deep-fry the egg in oil heated at 160 C for about three minutes.
They're not too specific about the results, but I imagine they'd have mentioned if it exploded or anything!
This answer mentions doing essentially the same thing for a scotch egg:
Freeze the raw egg in its shell, de-shell the frozen raw egg and wrap the sausage meat around it whilst it is still frozen. This can be difficult as the egg's albumen defrosts quickly. Coat in flour, egg and breadcrumb. Fry till the scotch egg floats and the crumb is a deep golden brown.
It's the only way I know that gives a soft runny yolk every time.
I don't know what frying temperature was used, and it's got sausage and breading around the egg rather than just tempura batter, but it's a deep-fried egg, starting from raw/frozen, and produces a soft yolk.
Correct answer by Cascabel on May 11, 2021
You can do this recipe, I have and it taste wonderful. You can change the batter and coating and eat with vinegar and all other sorts of other options. Do not cut egg in half before frying because will lose the effect and reason Soma did this. You want a raw center soft boiled egg that has thickened from freezing and is an astounding sauce for the seasoned rice. The only unsafe part of his experiment is that he used rather old "bargain" eggs which have a higher chance of containing salmonella and other bacteria if undercooked. Fresher eggs are safer and despite the anime and manga it won't over power the dish (in my opinion). I had to play around with the temperature of the oil and time in because too long in the oil it will cause the coating to burn and too short will leave you with a frozen yolk. Too high a temp will burn the coating and give you a frozen center and too low will overcook the egg or give you soggy non-crisp coating. Just play with it and figure out the best temp and time for you.
Answered by Jade So on May 11, 2021
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