Soy-Cured Egg Yolks

Name: Soy-Cured Egg Yolks
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: raw egg yolks (duck eggs are especially good here); soy sauce and mirin, in equal parts, enough to submerge the yolks; hot rice, to serve

Also called soy-marinated egg yolks, cured duck egg yolks

Raw yolks cured for 24 hours in soy sauce and mirin until soft and jammy, served over hot rice.

Vegetarian

Ingredients

Amounts are for the recipe. Sizes, times and temperatures in the method are not scaled.

raw egg yolks (duck eggs are especially good here)
soy sauce and mirin, in equal parts, enough to submerge the yolks
hot rice, to serve

Method

Submerge the yolks in equal parts soy sauce and mirin. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours.
Lift the yolks out and serve over hot rice.