Thai-style omelette

Name: Thai-style omelette (Khai Jiao)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 12 min
Yield: Serves 1
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 2 teaspoons fish sauce; 1 spring onion (scallion), trimmed and thinly sliced diagonally; Thai dipping sauce, to serve; 1 small bowl steamed jasmine rice; 1 small handful baby coriander (cilantro) leaves; 1 tablespoon water; 400 ml (13½ fl oz) canola or sunflower oil, for frying; 1 teaspoon lime juice; 1 tablespoon rice flour

Khai Jiao

Preparation info

Serves
1

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Chefs Eat Breakfast Too

By Darren Purchese

Published 2019

About

This is such a cool technique for cooking an omelette and is super easy to whip up. I like to keep this simple and serve it with a few fresh herbs, some fragrant jasmine rice and Thai dipping sauce, which really makes this dish sing.

Ingredients

3 eggs
1 teaspoon lime juice
1 tablespoon rice flour</

Asia
Thailand
Side dish
Fish course
Pescatarian
South East Asia
Spicy
Breakfast
Brunch

Method

Break the eggs into a bowl and lightly beat them using a fork. Add the lime juice, rice flour, fish sauce and water. Mix well again, ensuring all lumps have been removed. Add the spring onion and mix to combine.
Heat the oil in a wok or large, wide saucepan over medium heat to 170°C (340°F); use a digital thermometer to accurately check the temperature. When th

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