Chinese Tomato Fried Egg
Recipe: #41700
October 04, 2023
Categories: Breakfast, Snacks, Eggs, Tomato, Onions, Chinese, One-Pot Meal, Brunch, Easter, Wok/Stir-Fry, Vegetarian, more
"I found this recipe for Australian eggs and can't wait to try it myself. It uses everything I would usually have on hand in the cupboard, and will make for a quick and easy meal. I is really like scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and is a popular dish in China."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (439 g)
- Calories 551.6
- Total Fat - 39.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.3 g
- Cholesterol - 1130 mg
- Sodium - 748.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 7.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.6 g
- Sugars - 4.7 g
- Protein - 39.3 g
- Calcium - 187.4 mg
- Iron - 5.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 17 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Heat a wok over high heat and add 1 tablespoon of oil; add the tomatoes and fry for about 2 minutes until they start to soften.
Step 2
Add the salt, sugar, tomato sauce, spring onions, and 1/2 cup of water; when the spring onions soften, stir through enough of the cornflour mixture to thicken the tomato mixture to a saucy consistency; taste and adjust seasoning if necessary & remove the tomato mixture from the wok and rinse the wok.
Step 3
Return the wok to the heat and add the remaining oil.
Step 4
Add the eggs and stir once every 15 seconds or so until the eggs are set to the texture of a loose omelet.
Step 5
Add the tomato mixture to the eggs and stir to combine.
Step 6
Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary, then serve immediately.
Tips
- Wok