Egg yolk contains a lot of lecithin and fat, and the source of fishy smell mainly comes from lecithin. After heating, most of the fishy smell in egg yolk can be effectively removed. It is suggested that it will taste better if eaten in time. When it is cooled again, the fishy smell in the egg yolk will be amplified, and it will feel fishy to eat it again at this time.

Although the yolk is fishy, it is also rich in nutrition. Recommended to eat. If it smells fishy, it is recommended to dip it in soy sauce and eat it together.

The main reason for the strong smell of eggs is related to hens.

The main reason for the strong fishy smell in eggs is the food that hens eat during their growth. In order to save costs, some breeding places feed hens with some cheap feed, such as rapeseed meal, cottonseed meal or fish bone meal. The eggs laid by hens after eating these feeds will have a strong fishy smell.

Moreover, the fishy smell of eggs has a certain relationship with the living environment of hens. If the environment is too dirty, too messy and too bad, hens will naturally have a heavy fishy smell if they breathe this air for a long time.

3 The fishy smell of eggs is egg white or yolk.

Because eggs contain some ingredients, they have a certain smell, only the difference between big and small smells. Both egg white and egg yolk contain fishy smell, but compared with egg yolk, egg white contains certain acetic acid, which can effectively neutralize the fishy smell in egg white, so the fishy smell in egg white will be lighter.

Some eggs with less fishy smell may become very weak after heating, while eggs with strong fishy smell can't be removed even after heating, and they will taste fishy, which is why some people only like to eat protein rather than yolk.

How to remove the fishy smell of boiled eggs? Boiled eggs are boiled in water with shells. Because of the protection of shells, it is generally impossible to remove the fishy smell during cooking. It is suggested that boiled eggs can be peeled and then dipped in sugar, soy sauce, vinegar and other seasonings to reduce the fishy smell to some extent.

You can also add star anise, cinnamon, fragrant leaves, soy sauce and so on. Add to the boiled eggs and cook them into marinated eggs. These spices have a certain inhibitory effect on the fishy smell. Cooked marinated eggs not only have no fishy smell, but also taste more mellow.