Steamed Minced Pork with Salted Egg (咸蛋蒸肉饼)

This is a very simple dish but it is more than a common family dish because everyone likes it even kids. I think this is the simplest thing you can teach your kids when they first learn to cook instead of frying an egg because this involved no oil splashing that puts off so many beginners from cooking. Very simple, goes very well with steamed rice or porridge/congee, full of flavour and yes you can hardly find this in the restaurants!

Lets make it at home and if you have just upgraded to become a wife or mum, this is one of the dishes that you must learn up to impress your loved ones. Also if you are in the middle of planning for today's meal this could be one of it. ^^

Ingredients: (serves 2)

100g Minced Pork

2 Eggs

1 Salted egg

1/2tsp Light soy sauce

a pinch of salt

a dash of white pepper

Steps:

1. Wash away the clay that covers the salted egg. Crack the salted egg and separate the yolk and white in separate bowls.

2. In a bowl, add in minced pork, crack the 2 eggs in together with salted egg white, soy sauce, salt and pepper. Stir with a fork until combined.

3. Lightly oil a stainless steel plate, pour the meat mixture into the plate and place the salted egg yolk in the centre.

4. Prepare your steamer and bring the water to the boil. Steam the meat mixture in the steamer at medium high heat for 16-18 minutes. Check with inserting a chopstick or skewer at the thickest part. If the skewer comes out clean and no pink juices come out from the hole, it's cooked. Otherwise steam it for another good 2-3 minutes. Serve hot!

Tips:

• Use a wide plate so that the meat can be cooked evenly
• If you want to make a bigger portion just double the ingredients and steam for 22-25 minutes. Check using the skewer as mentioned in step 4.
• You can use ceramic plate but it takes 2-3 more minutes of steaming.
• You can also make this using a rice cooker. Place it on the steaming tray above your rice cooker when the rice is rinsed and ready to be cooked. Put on the lid, switch the cooker on and it should be ready when the rice is cooked.