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Liangban jidan, dressed quartered eggs

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  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
Mix two tablespoons soy sauce, two teaspoons dark Chinese vinegar, one teaspoon oyster sauce, a quarter teaspoon salt, half a teaspoon sugar, an eighth teaspoon each MSG and white pepper powder and two tablespoons water.
Sizzled-oil dressing for liangban jidan
  • 2 tsp dark Chinese vinegar
  • 1 tsp oyster sauce
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • 0.125 tsp MSG
  • 0.125 tsp white pepper powder
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 3 cloves minced garlic
  • 1 whole spicy red chili
  • 10 g chopped scallion
  • 10 g chopped cilantro
  • 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds
Add three cloves of minced garlic, one chopped spicy red chili, 10 g each of chopped scallion and cilantro and a teaspoon of toasted sesame seeds.
Heat a tablespoon of oil until smoking, splash it over the sauce and mix well.
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 6 whole boiled eggs
Slice six boiled eggs into quarters and arrange them neatly on a plate.
  • rice
Smother the sauce over everything and eat alongside rice.