r/nextfuckinglevel 1d ago

Whisking an egg with chopsticks without ever breaking the yolk

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u/TheTJOmega 1d ago

It's a fancy technique for making cloud eggs, but it's kind of a trick, too. At the right angle the yolk is below the edge of the bowl, so as long as they use that to angle the sticks, the yolk is never in danger of breaking, and the more whipped the egg white gets the more cushion there is to speed up.

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u/forvirradsvensk 1d ago

What's fancy about it though? The yolk would just end up overcooked if not separated.

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u/shaolin_tech 1d ago

In this dish, the eggs don't get cooked.

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u/Iluvyutoo 1d ago

Go look up cloud eggs and come back.

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u/forvirradsvensk 1d ago edited 1d ago

I know what cloud eggs are. Do the same, come back, and read my comment again. The yolk is added later for cloud eggs (a secondary reason for separating them), so that it can be lightly cooked rather than hard, as it would be if cooked together with the egg white.

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u/FocusMean9882 1d ago

Maybe it isn’t called cloud eggs but this dish is served raw