Chinese Eggs and Garnishes Recipes - Eggs in Sweet-Sour Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 dessertspoon peanut oil

• 1 dessertspoon raw white cabbage

• 1 dessertspoon raw carrot

• 1 slice fresh ginger

• 3 dessertspoons peanut oil

• 2 eggs

• parsley

Sauce

• 1/4 pint (U.S. 5/8 cup) water

• 1 crushed clove garlic

• 1 dessertspoon peanut oil

• 2 tablespoons sugar

• 1 teaspoon tomato puree

• 2 tablespoons malt vinegar

• salt to taste

• 1 teaspoon corn-flour

• 1 dessertspoon cold water

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Method:

1. Cut the cabbage, carrot and ginger into thin strips and have them ready.

2. To make the sauce, mix the first seven ingredients together in a small pan. Bring to the boil. Add the corn-flour, blended with the water, and boil for 1 1/2 minutes.

3. Heat a dessertspoon of oil in another pan. Add the vegetables and ginger and cook over a medium heat for 1 minute. Strain the sauce through a sieve on to them and keep hot.

4. Heat 2 dessertspoons of oil in a frying-pan. Break 1 egg into it. It will very quickly brown on the underside. Fold it over in a half circle and, away from the heat, finish the cooking.

5. Lift with a fish slice into a heated dish. Cook the other egg in the same way. Place it beside the first egg and cover with the sauce and vegetables. Garnish with parsley and serve.