I can’t go to Empire State South without ordering the Farm Egg. The combination of crispy rice, custardy yolk, and smoked meat and or mushroom, once the dish is stirred together, is nothing short of magical. It changes seasonally, but is there any way that you can get the base recipe so that I can try my hand at it when I can’t make it down to Midtown? Bryant Conger, Sandy Springs
Executive chef Daniel Porubiansky shared the recipe for the Farm Egg, a dish that’s been on the menu at Empire State South since the restaurant opened over a decade ago. The meat and vegetables in the dish may vary by season, but the coddled egg and crispy rice are the mainstays of this dish.
Crispy Rice
This recipe calls for cooking the rice in a large pot of water, as you would pasta, then draining off the water when the rice is just cooked to the al dente stage. At the restaurant, the rice is made crispy by cooking it in a deep fryer. Once fried, it will keep for up to 10 days, well covered, at room temperature. We adapted the recipe for home cooks and to make just what’s needed for the recipe’s 6 servings.
Coddled Eggs
The restaurant prepares its coddled eggs using a temperature-controlled water bath called a sous vide (also known as an immersion circulator). If you don’t have a sous vide, prepare the coddled eggs according to your favorite recipe. You want the whites to be cooked just enough to let you pick the egg up with a spoon while the yolk remains raw.
Our recipe serves 6, so we’re calling for 6 eggs here, but Porubiansky recommends coddling a few extra eggs. The reason? It’s easy to break into the yolk of the coddled egg when getting it out of the shell. Consider making extra eggs as insurance for a picture-perfect dish.
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From the menu of . . . Empire State South, 999 Peachtree St., Atlanta. 404-541-1105, empirestatesouth.com.
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