Big Green Salad with Soy-Marinated Eggs

By Casa de Suna

Published Sep 28

Traditionally, you’ll see soy-marinated eggs served over a steaming bowl of ramen noodles.

And while we’ll never say no to a good ramen, we wanted to health-ify them a bit, so, this recipe, we’ve tossed them over a leafy green salad instead. But don’t worry: we made a few extras so you can bring them on the go as a healthy snack. Our egg cook time yields perfectly jammy yolks; just cook another minute or two for a hard boil.

How to Make It

Difficulty: Easy

Overall Time: 50 min + overnight marinating time

Prep Time: 30 min

Cook Time: 10 min + 10 min cooling time

Serves: 4

INGREDIENTS
Soy-Marinated Eggs
  • 6 large eggs
  • 1 ½ cups water
  • ½ cup soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp natural rice vinegar
  • 2 tbsp natural cane sugar
  • 3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
  • ½-inch-thick slice ginger, peeled
Salad
  • ¼ cup sunflower oil
  • 2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds, plus extra to garnish
  • 2 tbsp natural rice vinegar
  • 2 tsp roasted sesame oil
  • 2 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp finely grated ginger
  • 1 tsp natural cane sugar
  • ¼ tsp kosher salt
  • 8 cups torn green leaf lettuce leaves
  • ½ cup shelled edamame beans, thawed
  • 2 radishes, thinly sliced into rounds
  • 1 mini cucumber, thinly sliced into rounds

INSTRUCTIONS
  1. For the eggs, boil a medium pot of water. Once boiling, gently lower in eggs. Cook for 8 minutes. Drain, then immediately plunge into ice water.
  2. Meanwhile, combine water with soy, vinegar, sugar, garlic, and ginger in a separate medium pot. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
  3. Peel eggs, then add to soy-mixture. Let cool, turning eggs halfway through, for 1 hour. Transfer eggs and all liquid to a 1-L wide mouth mason jar. Cover with lid and refrigerate, overnight, up to 4 days.
  4. For the salad, using an immersion blender, blitz sunflower oil with sesame seeds, vinegar, sesame oil, soy, ginger, sugar, and salt until sesame seeds are cracked and mixture is emulsified.
  5. Layer lettuce, edamame, radish, and cucumbers on a large platter. Drizzle over half of dressing. Remove 3 or 4 eggs from marinade, then slice each in half. Arrange overtop. Sprinkle with additional sesame seeds. Serve immediately with remaining dressing.

How to Store It

Dressing will keep refrigerated in an airtight container for up to a week.

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