Best Way to Make Pickled Eggs: 2 Key Techniques, Ready in 4 Weeks, Crispy Shells and Oil Retention

Sept. 17, 2025, 10:10 p.m. Essays

Guide: The best way to pickle eggs, remember 2 key techniques, it takes half a month to eat, and every egg will have a crispy shell and retain oil.

Recently, the price of eggs has been very cheap, only 3 yuan per kilogram at home, so I bought 10 kilograms, so many eggs, ten days and half a month won't be finished eating, so I took out 8 kilograms of eggs and pickled them. Pickled eggs are not only individual with a crispy shell but also retain oil. When eating, you can boil a few salted eggs, which can satisfy the appetite of the whole family!

Pickled Eggs

The best way to pickle eggs, remember 2 key techniques, it takes half a month to eat, and every egg will have a crispy shell and retain oil! Everyone always thinks that adding a little salt and water and putting the eggs in for pickling is okay. Although the pickled eggs are a little salty, they don't retain oil. Pickling eggs also have a few key techniques. First, the pickling liquid must be boiled and cooled before use, which will make the pickled eggs taste better (with spices and salt inside). Second, during the pickling process, the eggs should be placed in a cool and ventilated place, which is also a key step!

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Prepare 8 kilograms of eggs, first add an appropriate amount of water and 300 grams of vinegar, soak for about half an hour, using the soaking time to boil a pickling liquid, in a pot add an appropriate amount of water (the amount of water depends on the size of the jar at home), add 30 grams of dried flower, 800 grams of salt, first boil the salt to melt, then cool and set aside.

First wash the surface of the eggs, and take care when washing the eggs, if the eggs have cracks, do not pickle, drain the water on the surface of the eggs, and put it in the jar for pickling, then pour the cooled pepper salt water on top, and finally cover the lid and put it in a cool and ventilated place to pickle for about half a month.

Warm Tips

First: Because there are a lot of dirt on the surface of the eggs, only water cannot clean them, you can soak them in vinegar for about half an hour, and the dirt on the surface will be easily removed.

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Second: Add enough water (the amount of water depends on the size of the jar at home) and add pepper salt to boil, then cool and set aside as a reserve.

Third: After washing the eggs, if you find that the surface has cracks, you can take it out and not pickle it, or mark it, because cracked eggs are pickled in 5-6 days, if pickled for half a month, the eggs will be very salty.

Pickled Eggs

The above is the most detailed way to pickle eggs, have you all learned? Isn't it easy to pickle eggs? As long as you master the steps, the pickled eggs will have a crispy shell and retain oil, and they will be fragrant and down to earth to eat, which is cheaper than buying salty eggs, and also fragrant!