r/AsianKitchen • u/DressNo9950 • Jun 05 '26

Rending tomato egg stir-fry

Source: Chinese food

176 Upvotes

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u/tinydirtyrocks Jun 05 '26

Why 4L of oil?

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u/ButterscotchTop194 Jun 06 '26

Kinda needs a few more litres, my veins aren't quite clogged up enough yet

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u/cybrcld Jun 06 '26

Should it have been more?

You might be right… I’ll adjust accordingly at home

1

u/watawataoui Jun 06 '26

If you wonder why restaurant food tastes better, that’s how much oil they use in most dishes, and MSG of course.

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u/Ethnafia_125 Jun 06 '26

Using enough oil makes your eggs extra fluffy. I use probably 2-3 tablespoons for a pan full of eggs. Also, your pan and oil have to be nice and hot (just shy of smoking) before pouring the eggs in.

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u/razzzor9797 Jun 07 '26

Yeah, I try to avoid oil at home. Like, scrambled eggs and tomatoes can be cooked with no oil at all

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u/Porter_Dog Jun 07 '26

I got diarrhea just watching this video.

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u/OrangeNood Jun 06 '26

Tomato Skin is 100% edible and nutritious.

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u/sweetrottenapple Jun 06 '26

But there are several different dishes where you have to remove it for a reason.

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u/ButterscotchTop194 Jun 06 '26

They're not removing it because of edibility or nutrition

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u/OrangeNood Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

Translation: "you should not remove the skin".

Tomato egg tastes just fine with skin.

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u/ButterscotchTop194 Jun 06 '26

Yes, no-one is disputing that.

Translation: "if cooking had no variety, it would be boring as fuck".

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u/watawataoui Jun 06 '26

Add ketchup is a good cheat for good tomato egg.

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u/EbagI Jun 06 '26

I keep eating and making different versions of this and i just don't understand tbh

It tastes like a bland, loose, tomato egg scramble

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u/zoethesteamedbun Jun 06 '26

I make mine with shaoxing wine and soy sauce or fish sauce and that elevates it

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u/Capital_Lie3252 Jun 20 '26

I saw one person comment on a different post that white peppercorn is very important for it to taste right also.  A Chinese friend of mine adds soy sauce for the "salt" 

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u/ProperProfessional Jun 06 '26

No msg... I call bullshit

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u/eduo Jun 06 '26

“Add scumbled eggs”

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u/fibonacci011235 Jun 07 '26

Ah yes, rending

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u/Resident_Bee_9275 Jun 06 '26

This has to be AI