Chinese tomato and egg stir-fry
Step 1 of 4
Cut tomatoes into 2 cm wedges and spring onion into thin diagonal slices. Beat eggs with 2 g salt; measure sugar and the remaining 1 g salt separately.
8 min
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Ingredients
- 480 gEgg, whole, raw, fresh
- 800 gTomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average
- 90 gOnions, spring or scallions (includes tops and bulb), raw
- 32 gOil, peanut, salad or cooking
- 12 gSugars, granulated
- 3 gSalt, table
Method
- Cut tomatoes into 2 cm wedges and spring onion into thin diagonal slices. Beat eggs with 2 g salt; measure sugar and the remaining 1 g salt separately.
- Heat a wok to 190 °C, add 20 g peanut oil and move the eggs with a wide spatula for 90 seconds into large soft curds. Transfer eggs to a plate.
- Add the remaining 12 g oil and the white spring onion to the wok. After 1 minute add tomatoes, sugar and 1 g salt and cook 4 minutes, until tomatoes release juice but wedges still hold their shape.
- Return eggs, stir in green spring onion and heat for 60 seconds until eggs are glossy and reach 71 °C in the centre. All oil and tomato juices remain in the served dish.