How to Cook Perfect Hot Spring Eggs (Onsen Tamago)
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Hot Spring Eggs (Onsen Tamago). Onsen Tamago literally means 'hot spring eggs' in Japanese. It refers to eggs that were originally prepared in hot spring water to create silky egg whites and custard-like yolk. Here's how you can make this delicious egg recipe at home.
Why is it called Onsen Tamago?
Onsen Tamago (温泉卵) literally means hot spring (onsen, 温泉) egg (tamago, 卵).
There are many hot springs in Japan as it is a volcanic island.
You can cook Hot Spring Eggs (Onsen Tamago) using 2 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Hot Spring Eggs (Onsen Tamago)
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You need of egg (as many as you want).
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You need of water.
An Onsen Tamago is a form of egg with melting Yolk and soft Egg whites, in short, a half-cooked egg.
Onsen, as many of you may know, means Hot spring and Tamago means egg.
The traditional way of cooking them have been by boiling them in Hot spring or steaming them with the steam generated from Hot springs.
Speaking of Hot Spring Eggs (the Japanese name is Onsen Tamago), some people may confuse this dish with soft boiled eggs, but they are completely different for the following reason: Coagulation - the egg yolk in soft boiled eggs is a little runny, but in Hot Spring Eggs, the egg yolk is solidified, and the egg white is a semi-solid state.
Hot Spring Eggs (Onsen Tamago) step by step
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Pour some water into a saucepan. Heat it until it comes to a boil..
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Place some eggs in the saucepan and turn the heat off..
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Leave the eggs for 15 minutes without a lid..
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Soak the eggs in cold water..
Onsen Tamago (Onsen Eggs) is a type of soft boiled egg.
Onsen egg has a unique creamy and delicate texture.
The yoke is slightly hard, but the white is still soft and milky.
This soft boiled egg is the specialty of Onsen (Hot Spring) resort area.
It is boiled with the source of hot spring.
