Kwek Kwek or Tukneneng - Filipino Street Food

Kwek Kwek or Tukneneng is a Filipino snack often found at street vendors in the Philippines. It’s basically Chicken or Quail eggs deep fried with an orange batter. I first heard about this snack from my cousin Grace. She was telling me how much she loved it, and how my cousin Ping made the best ones.

I asked Ping to make me some so I can taste it. I couldn’t believe that something so simple could taste so darn good.






There are many variations to this dish. Most good cooks never measure so when I asked Ping for the recipe she just told me that she put a little bit of this and a pinch of that.

The recipe below is based on what she gave me

Kwek Kwek or Tukneneng

Ingredients

12 quail eggs peeled
1 cup flour
About 1/2 cup of water
1 teaspoon of oyster sauce
Orange food colouring
pepper

Oil for deep frying.

Method

1. Mix flour and pepper in a bowl
2. Add oyster sauce and food colouring and mix
3. Add the water a little bit at a time until the batter is the consistency of thickened cream.
4. Dunk each quail egg into the batter and deep fry until golden



Kwek Kwek or Tukneneng is normally served with a sweet and spicy dipping sauce made with vinegar, sugar, soy, chilli, salt and pepper.
Despites its funny name, this is a delicious snack. Its also really easy to make.