Steamed Eggs (蒸蛋)

4.97 from 32 votes

Steamed eggs are Chinese comfort food. With just a handful of ingredients, this recipe is so easy you'll be whipping it up from memory!

Prep Time3

Cook Time17

Total Time20

Course: Egg

Cuisine: Chinese

Servings: servings

Calories: 66kcal

Author: Judy

Ingredients

3 eggs
Water (same volume as eggs)
Vegetable or chicken stock (same volume as eggs)
Salt (to taste)
1 teaspoon sesame oil
Chopped scallion

Instructions

Crack 3 eggs in a liquid measuring cup and note the volume. Pour the eggs into a large bowl, add salt, and beat for at least 1 minute. Now measure out water at the same volume as the eggs, and add it to the bowl. Do the same with the broth. Whisk in the sesame oil, and make sure everything's well combined.
Pour the egg mixture through a fine-meshed strainer into a shallow heatproof dish (a pyrex pie plate works well) or divide amongst 4 ramekins.
Boil the water in your steamer. Place the dish of eggs in the steamer, cover, and steam over high heat for 3 minutes. After 3 minutes have elapsed, shut off the heat, but keep the steamer covered. Let stand for 14 minutes with the lid firmly covered. Remove from the steamer, sprinkle with scallions, and serve.

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Nutrition

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