Clean and Fragrant Stir Fried Eggs with Chives
A tender, fragrant 20-minute egg dish made by lightly stir-frying eggs with garlic chives and shrimp.
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This is a simple stir-fried side dish combining the fragrance of garlic chives, savory eggs, and plump shrimp. It comes together quickly in under 20 minutes and is also great served over rice as a one-bowl meal. The secret to keeping the garlic chives from turning tough is to turn off the heat at the end and toss everything quickly using residual heat.
- Servings
- 2–3 servings
- Cook time
- 20 minprep not included
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Spiciness
- Not spicy
Ingredients
Ingredients
- Garlic chives (buchu)1 handful, 50 g
- Shrimp2 handfuls, 50 g
- Egg2
- Salta little
Shrimp Seasoning
- Mirin (cooking rice wine) (or cheongju (Korean rice wine))1 tbsp
- Salta little
- Ground black peppera little
Egg Seasoning
- Salta little
- Mirin (cooking rice wine) (or cheongju (Korean rice wine))a little
- Instead of garlic chives, you can finely chop large green onion or scallions, and you can substitute bacon for the shrimp.
- Pat dry with a paper towel before stir-frying.
- Combining the seasoning and the final salting, about 0.5 tsp of salt in total is just right.
Steps
1. Cut a handful of garlic chives into three equal sections (about 5 cm long), and beat two eggs with salt and mirin.
Season the shrimp meat lightly with a little salt, mirin, and ground black pepper. Remove moisture on a paper towel before stir-frying.
(Instead of garlic chives, you can finely slice large green onion or scallions, or use bacon instead of shrimp.)
2. Heat a pan, swirl in cooking oil, add the garlic chives, and toss 3-4 times, then...
3. Add the shrimp and stir-fry briefly.
4. Push the stir-fried garlic chives and shrimp to one side, add cooking oil, and pour in the beaten eggs (medium heat).
5. Stir quickly with chopsticks so the eggs do not stick to the bottom.
6. When the eggs are almost cooked through, turn off the heat and stir-fry the ingredients together using the residual heat,
finishing the seasoning with salt. Since the ingredients were seasoned beforehand, adjust the seasoning with just a little salt.
You need to do this step quickly so the garlic chives do not wilt too much and become tough.
Ppunwife's tips
- You need to do this step quickly so the garlic chives do not wilt too much and become tough.
- Since the ingredients were seasoned beforehand, adjust the seasoning with just a little salt.
FAQ
Are there any substitutes if I do not have garlic chives or shrimp?
Instead of garlic chives, you can use thinly sliced large green onion or scallions, and bacon also works wonderfully in place of shrimp.
How can I stir-fry garlic chives so they do not become tough?
Turn off the heat when the eggs are almost cooked through and quickly mix the ingredients together using the remaining heat so the garlic chives do not wilt down or turn tough.
How much salt should I use overall?
A total of about 0.5 tsp of salt is just right, including the initial seasonings for the shrimp and eggs as well as the final touch.
