Textual Chef Textual Chef

Thai Fried Egg

Crispy fried eggs with blistering lacy edges and a rich runny yolk, seasoned with fish sauce and fresh chilis.

7 minEasyServes 2190 cal/serving

ThaiBreakfastStovetopPescatarianLow CarbKetoHigh ProteinHalal-friendlyGluten-FreeNut-FreeDairy-FreeSoy-FreePork-FreeLow-SodiumAlcohol-FreeCorn-Free

Cook this free in the appFree. No download, no account. The screen stays awake and each step can run its own timer.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup neutral cooking oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp fish sauce
  • 2 Thai bird eye chilis, thinly sliced

Instructions

  1. 1

    Heat 1/4 cup neutral cooking oil in a small skillet or wok over medium-high heat until shimmering.

  2. 2

    Crack 2 large eggs into the oil and let whites puff and blister.

  3. 3

    Spoon oil over whites until edges are crispy and yolk remains runny.

  4. 4

    Remove to a serving dish, drizzle with 2 tsp fish sauce, and garnish with 2 thinly sliced Thai bird eye chilis.

Cook this free in the appCooking it now? The app keeps the screen awake and times each step. Free, nothing to install.

Questions

What should Thai Fried Egg look like when it is ready?

Go by the cues in the method rather than the clock. Step 3: cook until edges are crispy and yolk remains runny.

What can I use instead of fish sauce in Thai Fried Egg?

The entry for Thai Fried Egg calls for 2 tsp fish sauce. In its place: Soy sauce with a squeeze of lime covers the salt and some of the savor. For a vegetarian version, use a mushroom-based soy sauce. Start with the same volume and adjust.

Is Thai Fried Egg keto-friendly?

A serving of Thai Fried Egg carries 1 g of carbohydrate. Against a strict 20 g keto day that is 5 percent of the budget; against a moderate 100 g low-carb day it is 1 percent.

How much protein is in Thai Fried Egg?

One serving (the recipe makes 2) has 13 g of protein in about 190 calories, alongside 1 g carbohydrate and 15 g fat, plus 380 mg sodium. The figures are estimates computed from the ingredient list. More like it: the high-protein breakfast collection.

How do I store and reheat Thai Fried Egg?

Refrigerate what is left of Thai Fried Egg within two hours and eat it within three days. Reheat uncovered in a 400 F oven (or an air fryer) for a few minutes to bring the crust back; the microwave softens it.

Serve it with

Cook this free in the app

Textual Chef is 4,530 plain-text recipes, free to read and free to cook from. No account, no paywall, no ads, no life stories. Open this one in the app and each quantity sits inside the step that uses it, so you read once and cook.

Every recipe is curated or public-domain sourced, written to one template and checked before it publishes. Nothing here is a scraped blog post.

Cook this free in the appNo download needed. It opens in your browser. The kitchen tools (planner, shopping list, pantry, import) are $5.33 a month billed annually; the first 30 days are free.

More Thai entries

All Thai recipes · All Breakfast recipes · All Egg recipes