Kwek-kwek
Traditional dish with hard-cooked quail eggs, all-purpose flour, orange food coloring.
- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
Ingredients
- to taste hard-cooked quail eggs
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- to taste orange food coloring
- to taste vegetable oil
Steps
- Gradually but vigorously whisk the water into the flour.
- The wet mixture should be thick but flow like a pancake batter.
- Dip the eggs in the batter to coat them completely.
- Heat several inches of vegetable oil in a deep pot.
- You’re aiming for about 350°F (180°C).
- Add the coated eggs to the hot oil.
- Deep fry until very light golden and cooked through.
- Remove from the oil.
- Drain off any excess.
- Serve with spicy vinegar.
Adapted from “Kwek-Kwek”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.