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Filipino street food
Tokneneng
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/05223jfPhilippine_cuisine_dishes_Bulacafvf_10.jpg/220px-05223jfPhilippine_cuisine_dishes_Bulacafvf_10.jpg) Kwek kwek
, a popular variant of
tokneneng
made with
quail eggs
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Course
| Snack
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Place of origin
| Philippines
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Main ingredients
| Hard-boiled quail egg, batter
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Variations
| Kwek kwek
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Tokneneng
(or
tukneneng
) is a
tempura
-like Filipino
street food
made by deep-frying orange batter covered hard-boiled chicken or duck eggs.
[1]
A popular variation of
tokneneng
is
kwek kwek
.
Kwek kwek
is traditionally made with
quail eggs
,
[1]
which are smaller, with batter made by mixing
annatto powder
or annatto seeds that have been soaked in water.
Kwek kwek
and
tokeneneng
are often falsely used interchangeably.
They are often sold by street food vendors around busy areas and are usually sold alongside
fish balls
,
squid balls
, and
kikiam
.
They are also usually served with either a non-spiced/spiced
vinegar
based dip, or a thick sweetened sauce which is made of
flour
,
soy sauce
,
garlic
,
onions
and
sugar
.
[2]
The name
tukneneng
originated from the 1978 Pinoy
komiks
series
Batute
, illustrated by Vic Geronimo and created by Rene Villaroman. In the language of main character Batute,
tukneneng
means 'egg'.
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