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Xi Hong Shi Ji Dan Mian (Tomato and Egg Noodle Soup)
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Xi Hong Shi Ji Dan Mian (Tomato and Egg Noodle Soup) is Chinese home cooking, eaten at breakfast, 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 and beat the eggs in a small bowl.
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Heat the oil in a pot over medium heat and stir-fry the ginger until fragrant, then add the tomatoes and cook 4 minutes, mashing lightly, until they break down into a sauce.
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Pour in the chicken broth, add the soy sauce and salt, and bring to a boil.
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Meanwhile, cook the noodles in a separate pot of boiling water until just tender, then drain.
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Drizzle the beaten eggs into the simmering broth in a thin stream, stirring gently to form silky ribbons.
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Divide the noodles between bowls, ladle over the tomato egg broth, and scatter with scallions.
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Serve it with
A Chinese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Xi Hong Shi Ji Dan Mian (Tomato and Egg Noodle Soup), 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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The sharp little thing
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. Xi Hong Shi Ji Dan Mian (Tomato and Egg Noodle Soup) 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 | Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) |
| Soy | Yes | Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) |
| 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
- 450 kcal
- Protein
- 16 g
- Carbs
- 70 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 1030 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Xi Hong Shi Ji Dan Mian (Tomato and Egg Noodle Soup) 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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