Balut |Most Popular Streetfood in the Philippines

A fertilized duck egg, boiled and eaten in the shell while still warm well known in the Philippines as Balut. The most popular street food in the Philippines. The egg was about 18-21 days old of incubation that is why sometimes you can feel the feathers and crunch of its bones while eating Balut.

This is consider as delicacy and healthy food in the Philippines.

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Composition of Balut

1.) Yolk
-the yellow part
-what the fetus feeds on
-wrapped in dark strings of blood vessels
-taste like regular boiled egg

2.)Chick(Sisiw)
-the developing fetus of duck or chicken
-18 to 21 days old
-half - formed chick that's boiled and eaten

3.) Soup(Sabaw)
-amniotic fluid
-taste like chicken soup

4.) Rock(Bato)
-egg white called albumen
-sometimes inedible because it can be tough as cartilage

Benefits of eating balut

Did you know that every serving Balut has 2 miligrams of iron that helps for the circulation of our blood and 116 of calcium that helps strengthen our teeth and bones and protect us from osteoporosis and cancer.

Balut is sold already cooked and ready to eat. Best serve with salt and venigar. The balut vendor roam in the street at night shouting balot! Penoy!.

If you haven't try to eat balut you miss half of your life. Try this delicious and healthy streetfood in the Philippines.

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