The Wok: Chinese Scrambled Eggs With Tomato | Kenji's Cooking Show

This recipe is similar to the one from my new book, The Wok: Recipes and Techniques.

[UnCoolDad]

Dog: "he has that thing on his head. Treat time! 🐶"

[Caiahar]

I love that you're not super strict with ingredients and go "this is just what I had" for the tomatoes, and acknowledge substitutions in general and that not everyone wants to go out and buy one specific thing for a dish, it makes cooking a lot less intimidating! Often when I watch some cooking vids I end up going "I do not have these very specific ingredients and I don't know if I can substitute them"

[jepoyburner]

Request: I would actually like to see a mostly uncut video of you seasoning your wok.

For a lot of people, including myself, the seasoning process is something that's intimidating to do that's why we shy away from cooking vessels that require seasoning.

[littlenikke]

Taking me back to my childhood, watching Yan Can Cook on PBS. He always said 'Hot wok, cold oil: Food won't stick'.

[Meetthekiller]

This brought back a ton of memories for me: my dad used to make this all the time, often with whatever leftovers/other foods we had with us like onions and/or pork belly. I haven’t thought about it for a long time, and now I’m definitely craving some again. Thanks for the recipe Kenji!

[chinnithy]

Yeh I make these all the time and yes the secret sauce is ketchup. Reason? For me it gives the darker red color for the sauce and also vinegar in the ketchup kinda brightens up the flavor. It all depends on the tomato itself. Taste the tomato first and you’ll know how much sugar to add. Awesome recipe!

[Rukoy]

Literally had this yesterday 😂 I like to add some ginger to it too since it plays well with the tomatoes, and finish with the tiniest amount of sesame oil at the end. Thanks for the video!

[CianMcsweeney]

I've been eating this for breakfast every day this week, obsessed with it!

[sbhopper]

Awesome. I liked how you discussed the wide-ranging love for tomatoes and eggs. Turkey and the Middle East are great places for it. There's the menemen, but there's also hard boiled eggs with fresh tomato. Other examples I'm too tired to recall. (I'll skip that cilantro.)

[mrkingsudo]

This is one of my favorite recipes of all time. It's so simple, filling and delicious. Ill add one tablespoon of red hot gochujang when I add in the ketchup if I want it spicy. It's incredible!

[Stevie]

To everyone never tasted this: Try it. It's so easy and unbelievable tasty. Haven't had it in quite a while so thannks for reminding Kenji. It's on this weeks mealplan now :D

[cz]

I think this is a dish taught to millions of young kids in China as the first dish to cook because the ingredients are so simple and the dish it self is so forgiving. My mom always said that by learning cooking I put my self ahead of my fellow bachelors when it comes time to dating and she was right! My family typically uses scallion with the egg during the first fry on higher heat so we get some nice fragrant frying going on. My wife's family likes to add rice vinegar for an extra bit of acid and soy sauce for color. Probably tons of variety out there, thought the ketchup is new for me, will have to try it sometime.

[nonsense]

I just found your channel yesterday and have been binging, so happy.

[gregorylu]

The use of ketchup is super good for getting that uber tomato flavor, especially when most people don't have access to fresh, ripe tomatoes (those supermarket tomatoes are bland af). My mom uses tomato paste instead of ketchup to reduce the sugar content in the dish, especially if you're already using about a teaspoon of sugar in the dish to sweeten it. She does it for her egg tomato soup as well as egg tomato sauce with noodles!

[joegolden]

I've been cooking this since you made it and it's just so great. I make it all the time now. It's so simple and so much flavour

[ericz]

Hey Kenji! Have you ever tried a tomato-and-egg soup? My family (dad's from Sichuan) make a tomato and egg soup that leans into the savoriness of the tomato and augments it with a browned scrambled egg, ginger and a little bit of bone broth when available. It's my favorite way to have tomato and eggs.

[rowanthayer]

I tried making these and they came out great! I have friends all over the globe and they confirmed egg/tomato is a super common pairing. Thanks for the video!

[katl]

One of my favorite parts about this dish is how scalable it is/how easy it is to make 1 serving.

[TAYLORRYAY]

So good!! I worked at a Chinese restaurant and they would have this on the menu some weekends. I loved it but never really knew what it was. I love how simple and delicious it is!

[LBellatrix]

In case anyone is wondering whether canned diced tomatoes (GASP) will work with this recipe…they absolutely do. Granted, mine had been cooling in a glass container in the fridge for a few days…still I erred on the side of using fewer tomatoes just in case and this still came out great. I added scallions, garlic and ginger to the tomatoes, and omitted the cilantro, but other than that I followed the recipe exactly, even down to the fish sauce and butter, which made me a little nervous but again it worked out. This is now going into regular rotation…thanks, Kenji! 😊