Hot salt frying

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Hot salt frying is a cooking technique used by street side food vendors in China.

Coarse sea salt is placed in a large wok and heated to a high temperature. Dry food items, such as eggs in shell, are buried in the hot salt and occasionally turned with a spatula.

This technique is also seen in India, where street vendors sell shelled peanuts or popcorn cooked in salt heated in an iron wok.

[edit] See also

• Chinese cuisine
• Hot sand frying