Vietnamese
Ca Chua Xao Trung (Vietnamese Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry)
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Ca Chua Xao Trung (Vietnamese Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry) is Vietnamese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Cut the tomatoes into wedges.
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Beat the eggs with a pinch of the salt until smooth.
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Heat half the oil in a wok over medium-high heat, pour in the eggs, and scramble gently until just set into soft curds, about 1 minute, then remove to a plate.
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Add the remaining oil to the wok and add the tomato wedges, sugar, and remaining salt.
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Cook, stirring, until the tomatoes soften and release their juices into a light sauce, about 4 minutes.
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Return the scrambled eggs to the wok and gently fold them into the tomato sauce, breaking them into large curds, and warm through for 1 minute.
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Scatter with scallions and serve hot over the jasmine rice.
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Serve it with
A Vietnamese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Ca Chua Xao Trung (Vietnamese Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Ca Chua Xao Trung (Vietnamese Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry) carries eggs. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Banh Xeo (Vietnamese Sizzling Crepes) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 470 kcal
- Protein
- 15 g
- Carbs
- 61 g
- Fat
- 18 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 290 mg
- Saturated fat
- 4 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ca Chua Xao Trung (Vietnamese Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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