Recipe: CNY salted egg yolk crab stick snack

Chinese New Year, or also known as the Lunar New Year is just around the corner. With less than a week to go, most households are busy in prep and cleaning mode. This is a suitable time for me to introduce a recipe I tried last night - something that inspired me was this craze and trend surrounding the salted egg yolk theme.

For the past few years, salted egg yolk as a flavour has hit the market like no one's business. One of the most popular (and expensive) snacks is the salted egg yolk fish skin. the crispy fish skin is coated with salted egg yolk and curry leaves.

For a more budget recipe, I have decided to try my hands at salted egg yolk crab sticks. Imitation crab sticks are easily available and although pricey, they are still cheaper and easily available compared to salmon fish skin.

Ingredients:
1 kg crabsticks
80g butter
5 salted egg yolks
5 stems of curry leaves (stems removed)
4 tsp sugar
pinch of salt

1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Unroll the crabsticks and lay them flat on a baking tray.

2. Bake each side for 15-20 minutes until browning occurs. Total baking time would take about 30-40 minutes.

3. Separate the salted egg yolks and steam them for 7 minutes.

4. In a wok, melt the butter and throw in curry leaves. Add sugar and salt. Immediately put in the egg yolks and mix them until a thick paste is formed.

5. Add the baked crabsticks into the wok and coat them evenly.

6. Leave them to cool and store in air-tight containers.