Thai
Kai Toon (Steamed Egg with Pork)
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Kai Toon (Steamed Egg with Pork) is Thai home cooking, eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the protein alongside. 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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Beat the eggs well with the chicken broth, light soy sauce and white pepper until smooth.
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Stir in the ground pork and most of the scallions.
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Pour into a heatproof dish and cover with foil.
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Steam over simmering water until just set, about 15 minutes.
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Top with the remaining scallions and serve hot, straight from the dish.
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Serve it with
A Thai dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kai Toon (Steamed Egg with Pork), 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
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. Kai Toon (Steamed Egg with Pork) carries gluten, eggs, and soy. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Drunken Noodles with Chicken |
| Soy | Yes | Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables) |
| 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
- 380 kcal
- Protein
- 30 g
- Carbs
- 2 g
- Fat
- 28 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 490 mg
- Saturated fat
- 9 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Kai Toon (Steamed Egg with Pork) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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