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Chinese Tomato Egg Stir Fry

Chinese Tomato Egg Stir Fry

A Chinese dinner made with eggs. Ready in about 32 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 5 people +

Changed from 4 to 5 people · Back to 4

Main ingredient

  • 6 eggs

Fresh & other

  • 1 ¼ lb plum tomatoes Shopping tip: Canned whole plum tomatoes, or fresh Roma tomatoes.
  • 2 ½ tsp sugar
  • 1 green onion Shopping tip: Green onions (scallions).
  • 2 ½ cups jasmine rice

Sauces & oils

  • 1 ½ tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 ¼ tsp sesame seed oil
Spices & seasonings (3): chicken bouillon powder, pepper, salt
  • 2 ½ tsp chicken bouillon powder
  • ¾ tsp pepper
  • ¼ tsp salt

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

  1. Use chicken broth in place of your chicken bouillon powder.

  2. Add 1 4 cup broth followed by 2 of cornstarch dissolved in 1 tablespoPrepare your tomatoes.

  3. Slice the tomatoes in half.

  4. Remove the tough stem from every half that connects to the vine.

  5. Cut every half in equal thirds (you’ll 6 slices from each tomato).

  6. Make the soft scrambled eggs
  7. 8 to 10-inch nonstick pan in a cold.

  8. Add the vegetable oil and beaten eggs.

  9. Turn the heat to medium.

  10. Wait until a thin layer of eggs is beginning to cook on the bottom.

  11. Push your eggs.

  12. Do it in one direction.

  13. Do it to create layers of scrambled eggs.

  14. Cook, stirring the whole time, till your scramble eggs are mostly set but still a bit wet and shiny, 2 to 5 minutes.

  15. Remove your eggs to a plate plus, if needed, wipe out the pan.

  16. Stir-fry the tomatoes and seasonings
  17. Add your sesame oil to your pan followed by the tomatoes.

  18. Stir-fry on medium heat till the tomatoes are softened but not mushy, around 3 minutes.

  19. Add white pepper, sugar and the chicken bouillon powder.

  20. Toss until mixed and the sugar and bouillon have dissolved, around 1 minute.

  21. Add eggs, stir-fry, and garnish
  22. Add your eggs back to your pan with the tomatoes.

  23. Stir-fry for around 2 minutes to heat through and mix.

  24. Taste, adding salt only if needed.

  25. Sprinkle with the green onions.

  26. Dish up using steamed rice.

  27. Do it on of water, plus salt to taste.

On the side: Cucumber salad

A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.

How to make it (10 min)
  1. Thinly slice the cucumbers.
  2. Toss with the rice vinegar and a pinch of salt. Let it sit a few minutes.

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Recipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.