Pocket Eggs with Soy-sesame Sauce Recipe

This easy Asian recipe is great with rice or noodles.

July 21, 2009
By Eating Well 
Pocket Eggs with Soy-sesame Sauce
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Pocket eggs are low in sodium and saturated fat.
KEN BURRIS
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In Wuhan, this is a common way of cooking eggs, which were hard to come by during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, when food was tightly rationed. Serve warm over rice or noodles.

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Ingredients:

2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1 1/2 teaspoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon minced scallion greens
4 teaspoons canola oil
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons black sesame seeds (see Tips and Notes)
1 tablespoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper

Instructions:

  1. Combine soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar and scallion in a small bowl. Set aside.
  2. Heat canola oil in a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat and swirl to coat. Crack 2 eggs into a small bowl; crack the remaining 2 eggs into a second small bowl.
  3. Working quickly, pour 2 eggs on one side of the pan and the other 2 on the other side. The egg whites will flow together, forming one large piece.
  4. Sprinkle sesame seeds, basil and pepper over the eggs. Cook until the egg whites are crispy and brown on the bottom and the yolks are firmly set, about 3 minutes. Keeping them in one piece, flip the eggs using a wide spatula and cook until the whites turn crispy and brown on the other side, 1 to 2 minutes more.
  5. Pour the reserved sauce over the eggs. Simmer for 30 seconds, turning the eggs once to coat both sides with sauce. Serve in wedges, drizzled with the pan sauce.

Yield: 4 servings
Degree of Difficulty: Easy
Techniques: Quick, Sauté
Total Time: 15 minutes
Prep Time: 15 minutes

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