[skimchee]

Okay so, I don't know if this is common but.
In some korean restaurants, when you order meat they usually provide a sidedish of dwen-jang-jji-geh (bean stew?) and egg (steamed? idk). The egg is thick, almost like tofu. It becomes this one big solid thing that takes the shape of the bowl and fills it. I don't know if I explained that well it looks like this:


My mom attempts to make it, but it doesn't get the same texture? The same thickness, it becomes a bit crumbly?.
So my question is, do you know the secret to making this thick-egg?
I apologize in advance for my terrible wording/description

EDIT
A-HA! I got it !
Duh, I'm such a dummy. It's steamed eggs, literally. You're supposed to steam it; cooking it in the microwave was the problem.
Have you ever made steamed dumplings? You cook it in the same manner. You need those BIG steam pots and you cook it in there
like this:


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[j1youngxj3]

that's called egg jjim..it's really good..the way that my mom and i make is is easy...we just mix up some eggs and add water to it..the egg and water mixture has to be just right or it'll turn out too dry or too watery...you have to put in a bit more water than egg..can't really measure it..because i don't measure when i cook..hahha..good luck. and by the way..this stuff is so good!

[sagejin.]

Oh I tried those before.
They're good.
Haa, I like eggs.
Just not the yolk part.

:]

[skimchee]

that's called egg jjim..it's really good..the way that my mom and i make is is easy...we just mix up some eggs and add water to it..the egg and water mixture has to be just right or it'll turn out too dry or too watery...you have to put in a bit more water than egg..can't really measure it..because i don't measure when i cook..hahha..good luck. and by the way..this stuff is so good!

OH geh ran jjim! that's what it's called lol I forgot for a sec,
yeah that's how we do it, but is there a certain way you cook it? my mom usu just pops it in the microwave. I mean it's still thick, but just a bit crumbly-er and not as solid lol

[addickshun]

^ mix them til' they're really frothy.

[justiiine]

oh yea. it's like scrambled egg but not scrambled. hehe XD
you whisk it in a bowl then put it in a frying pan. it's really simple! (;

[skimchee]

^ mix them til' they're really frothy.

yeah tha's what we did. we mixed all the ingredients in a bowl, cooked it a bit, mixed again, but it wont work
like it's the same texture, but it won't stay together. idk how to explain

oh yea. it's like scrambled egg but not scrambled. hehe XD
you whisk it in a bowl then put it in a frying pan. it's really simple! (;

in a frying pan?, but it's not fried you see

[FRUITYCHEESECAKE]

i love 계란찜.

[SeeinGxStarS]

^ Me too.. ugh I'm so hungry hahaha.

My mom makes the besttttt 계란찜... it's so gooodddd im gonna ask her to make it tonight

[sugarplum892]

so its just steamed eggs? do u add any sauces in it?

[justaddclouds]

awh i've never tried it before but it looks really good (:
and my mom has tons of those steaming pots.. maybe i'll try this sometime aha

[minwoogrl]

What does it taste like? Is it bland?

[skimchee]

so its just steamed eggs? do u add any sauces in it?

Yeap! No sauces, you can add other things as well. My mom likes to mix in some crab meat!

awh i've never tried it before but it looks really good (:
and my mom has tons of those steaming pots.. maybe i'll try this sometime aha

go for it! It's so good, and can be the perfect appetizer! A korean restaraunt around my area serves steamed eggs in small cups as an appetizer )

What does it taste like? Is it bland?

It takes like egg! LOL. Except it has it's own unique touch* cause you know how fried, scrambled, and boiled egg all have something different? Except they all have that same 'egg' taste? Yeah, like that.

[AMIbunny]

OOh we make that in Chinese culture too! ^-^ Its pretty good

[SOCKBUNNY]

I love steamed eggs, they're my favorite egg flower soup comes in second.

[kimchibabygurl]

ahh, i love steamed eggs. i like it when there's prawns, meat, century egg, salted egg and spring onions in it. very yummy. you are suppose to egg some water in the beaten eggs too and cook it over slow fire! i suppose that's how my father cooks them. (:

[iwanabiggal0lly]

Aww sweet my mom makes that too! I don't like eggs though, but it's still good.

[xkrndreamer]

guh ran jim is one of my favorites!
only when it's cooked right though

[X--Pikachoo--X]

yeah! i've ate that before
sooo good
love eggs hehe

[bBy_sT4r]

ohhh i love these egss.
my mom makes really good ones
she uses one of those steam pots i think?