I was planning to make this open-faced salted egg sandwich when my MIL gave me ten duck eggs which I brined and turned into salted eggs some four months ago.
But it seemd like my Salted Eggs turned out too awesome and everybody at home enjoyed eating it. Before I even knew it, there’s no more left for me to make into a sandwich. So when Trish of Sugarlace, chose this Ruby of a theme ingredient for February: Itlog na Pula/ Itlog na Maalat, I had a pretty good idea what to make.
Salted Duck Eggs or Itlog na Pula is our go-to filling when we don’t have anything else to spread in our pandesal in the morning. Usually, we just cut the egg in half and then scoop out the egg with a spoon.
The rich and salty egg yolk is perfect against soft, hot, chewy pandesal.
Salted Duck Egg is made by soaking duck eggs in brine for a few days or packing each egg in damp, salted charcoal. It is then tinted red just so you can tell it apart from the normal eggs.
Traditionally, it is paired with tomatoes and made into a salad which you can pair with rice as a viand in itself, or as a side dish to a variety of viands like tuyo, tocino, or tapa.
Thinking about this made my mouth water..Don’t judge pero parang ang sarap kumain ng naka-kamay habang nakataas ang isang paa sa upuan, do you agree? LOL!
Today, for lunch, I chose to make a version of this Salted Egg & Tomato Salad into a sandwich…
I guess I don’t want you to see me eating with my hands and with one of my feet up on my chair.
- 1 Salted Duck Egg, sliced
- 1 Tomato, sliced
- a handful of spinach leaves
- 1 tbsp mozzarella cheese {or any quick melting cheese}
- 1 tbsp mayonnaise
- sesame bread
- Toast sesame bread in the oven
- Spread a thin layer of mayonnaise
- Layer spinach leaves, tomato slices, cheese and egg slices.
- Return to the oven for a few minutes until cheese has melted
- Serve warm
This is my entry for 
February Challenge.
Kulinarya Cooking Club is a group of Filipino foodies around the world, united by their passion about the Filipino culture and its colourful cuisine.
Each month we will showcase a new dish along with their family recipes. By sharing these recipes, we hope you find the same passion and love for Filipino Food as we do.
I’ve never eaten sandwich with salted egg as the main filling.. this should be interesting. I love salted eggs but usually will eat it with porridge. I will try this. Looks tempting.
Awww man you made me crave for itlog na maalat!!! 🙁 best with tuyo! Oh my salty goodness!!!!! This recipe is interesting! never tried salted eggs with bread but maybe ill try it one of these days 🙂 Awesome pictures as always!:-)
I love the open sandwich and your photos. I think I’ll make one for lunch.:)
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looks tasty and must have been a great way to preserve them years ago
yes, I agree! Pinoy na pinoy hehehe.
This looks amazing! Would love to taste it. Yummy!
i love itlog na pula but i never really thought of putting it on my sandwich before! a lot of wonderful ideas am getting by stalking this blog + i ♥ it! 😀
Hubby and I love salted duck’s eggs but we haven’t tried it in sandwich. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Yum! Ang ganda ng pagkagawa mo ng salted egg, perfect yung kulay ng yolk. 🙂
P.S. Agree ako sa nakakamay at nakataas ang isang paa sa upuan. Panalo yan!
Di ko pa natry ipalaman yung salted egg sa tinapay. Laging with tomatoes. I will try this.
I like this, madali pang gawin
That looks gorgeous, Peachy! Love the presentation!
Yum! Egg salad sandwich with gooey mozza!
first time that I heard that you can use salted egg in sandwiches. I’m worried it’s too salty. How’s the taste?
I miss that maalat na itlog. Over here kasi made in china lang ang available sa Asian store so I don’t even want to try them.
yum yum.. thanks for sharing the recipe, I might try this soon..
This is a very easy recipe. will try this one day.
Of all the food that you featured, this is one that I will pass up. I just don’t like salted duck egg on my sandwich, I would love it with rice 🙂
looks really yummy and yes i agree with you, its really nice to eat bare hand with one foot on the stools or perhaps on the sofa while watching my fave korean drama.
I love salted egg! I actually mix it with mayonnaise and raisins. It tastes good. 🙂
I’m a big fan of sandwiches, though using salted eggs as a filling can be really new and odd, I’ll still try it!
Hmmmm.. that looks yummy! I didn’t used to love sandwiches, but now I do. I love to put avocado cream in my sandwich too though. I had some salted duck eggs before and man it was good. Again, This one looks really yummy. 🙂 Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Omg i tried it! And it was so yummy! Different flavor in just one bread pan! I used basil leaves instead of spinach though.😊