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Homestyle Chinese cooking for a quick and easy dinner. Softly scrambled eggs and tomatoes over rice. Classic comfort food in less than 10 minutes.



Yields6 Servings
Prep Time5 minsCook Time10 minsTotal Time15 mins

 2 Tbsp vegetable oil, divided
 2 green onions, sliced
 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
 5 tomatoes, cored and cut into wedges then chopped
 salt to taste
 pepper to taste
 2 tsp cornstarch
 2 tsp water
 1 ½ tsp sugar
 2 cups cooked rice or noodles

1

Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil over medium high heat in a large non-stick skillet. Add half the green onions and sauté until fragrant.

2

Add the beaten eggs, folding in from the sides with a spatula, until they are loosely scrambled. Remove to a bowl.

3

To the same skillet, heat the remaining 1 tbsp oil over medium high heat. Add the tomatoes and sauté until they start to release some of their juices, about 5 minutes. You want them to be soft but not mushy. Add salt and pepper to taste.

4

In a small bowl, whisk together the cornstarch and water until a slurry is formed. Add the slurry to the tomatoes, cooking over medium heat until slightly thickened.

5

Add back the scrambled eggs, mixing them together with the tomatoes mixture. Add the sugar and check for seasoning, adding salt if needed.

6

Serve over cooked rice or noodles.

7

Garnish with the remaining chopped green onions.


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Ingredients

 2 Tbsp vegetable oil, divided
 2 green onions, sliced
 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
 5 tomatoes, cored and cut into wedges then chopped
 salt to taste
 pepper to taste
 2 tsp cornstarch
 2 tsp water
 1 ½ tsp sugar
 2 cups cooked rice or noodles

Directions

1

Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil over medium high heat in a large non-stick skillet. Add half the green onions and sauté until fragrant.

2

Add the beaten eggs, folding in from the sides with a spatula, until they are loosely scrambled. Remove to a bowl.

3

To the same skillet, heat the remaining 1 tbsp oil over medium high heat. Add the tomatoes and sauté until they start to release some of their juices, about 5 minutes. You want them to be soft but not mushy. Add salt and pepper to taste.

4

In a small bowl, whisk together the cornstarch and water until a slurry is formed. Add the slurry to the tomatoes, cooking over medium heat until slightly thickened.

5

Add back the scrambled eggs, mixing them together with the tomatoes mixture. Add the sugar and check for seasoning, adding salt if needed.

6

Serve over cooked rice or noodles.

7

Garnish with the remaining chopped green onions.

Notes

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