Tomatoes with Eggs (Easy Chinese Recipe)

I grew up with this simple homey dish, tomatoes with eggs, that my mum always cooked to feed us with a bowl of steamed rice. It's quick to make and very delicious.

In Chinese cooking, tomato is commonly used to cook with eggs. This dish, Tomatoes with Eggs, is both nutritious and delicious.

My kids would eat more rice when this dish is on table. Tomatoes have been shown to be helpful in reducing the risk of prostate cancer, breast cancer as well as preventing from heart disease.

Tomato is a very good and healthy food. So, I would cook tomatoes twice or three times a week for my family.

When it comes to make this dish, I highly recommend to use brown slab sugar as it gives a complex flavour, taking the whole dish up a level.

Slab sugar (brown sugar in pieces), available at Asian grocers.

Tomatoes with Eggs Recipe

(Printable recipe)
By Christine’s Recipes
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 15 mins
Yield: 2 to 3 serves

Ingredients:

• 3 to 4 medium tomatoes
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 eggs, whisked
• 1 Tbsp tomato ketchup
• ¼ piece of slab sugar, or to taste
• ½ cup water
• salt, to taste

Thickening:

• 1 teaspoon light soy sauce
• ½ teaspoon corn flour
• 1 Tbsp water

Method:

• Cut tomatoes into pieces, rinse and discard the seeds if you don’t like it being too sour.
• Whisk the eggs, add 2 to 3 teaspoons of water. It depends on how big the eggs are. Adding water into the whisked eggs would make them smoother after frying.
• Add oil on a highly heated wok, fry whisked eggs. Slightly stir and cook until 70% done, set aside. You need to toss them back to cook again, so don’t cook the eggs too long.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of cooking oil in wok over medium heat. Sauté minced garlic until aromatic. Add tomatoes, sprinkle with salt to taste and stir well. Put in 1/2 cup of water, ketchup and slab sugar, cook a short while until sugar is dissolved and tomatoes turn tender.
• Toss in the eggs. When all ingredients heat up again, add thickening and cook to preferred consistency. Pour in a serving bowl, garnish with chopped spring onions. Enjoy !

Note:

• Brown slab sugar (片糖) is made from unrefined cane sugar, giving a complex flavour, available at Asian grocers.