Braised Eggs with Noodles

Braised Eggs with Noodles is a dish you won’t find anywhere else. It’s more of a concept than a dish!

You toss scrambled eggs into a vegetable and aromatic sauce, and the flavorful mixture is served over noodles. It’s a low-cost breakfast, lunch, or dinner option that gets your protein, vegetables, and carbs all in one (quick) meal.

Serving eggs with noodles?

The idea of topping a bowl of freshly boiled noodles with a sauce made from boiled eggs may sound strange at first, but it’s actually common in China. Eggs aren’t just for breakfast in China like they are here in the U.S. They’re an anytime meal.

When it comes to noodles, you can see. Fry tomato eggs. Served on a homestyle menu with an option of rice or noodles. Egg specialties like noodle soup and noodle stir-fries. Singapore Me Entertainment or Chao He Kaiand others.

Eggs are rich and delicious, and lend themselves well to making a satisfying noodle dish (especially vegetarian). We used wide ribbon noodles here for a satisfying texture, but you can use any fresh or dry noodle you like. You can also serve this mixture over rice!

A true last minute meal

I often use eggs for quick meals, and it shows, as we’ve shared many quick egg recipes. Boiled eggsto Baan Fanka (Mixed Rice Bowls) And Eggs with soy sauce and scallions.

We are filing this recipe under last minute meal category. When you haven’t defrosted any protein from the freezer, and you’ve got nothing but half a carton of eggs and a few veggies in the fridge, this recipe will have you enjoying dinner in no time. will give

It’s vegetarian—no meat involved—but still packed with protein. I use a tomato here for umami and a pepper for spice (we keep both in the freezer for occasions like this — see How to freeze fragrance Like chili pepper and How to freeze tomatoes).

However, other than that, you can use whatever vegetables you have in the fridge. I’m using zucchini, but you can use cabbage, carrots, bell peppers, broccoli, or leafy greens.

Sweet Bean Sauce and Regular Bean Sauce.

Just like us Shredded pork with sweet bean sauceThis braised egg recipe is another great use of sweet bean sauce and spicy bean sauce. They bring a very delicious flavor to this dish.

The names of these ingredients in Chinese are 甜面酱 (tiánmiànjiàng) and 辣豆瓣酱 (là dòubàn jiàng). Sweet Bean Sauce Actually a misnomer, as it is actually fermented wheat flour! Read more about this component Here. If you can’t find it or don’t have it, you can substitute hoisin sauce or sweet bean paste.

Spicy bean sauce is a fermented broad bean paste from Sichuan province that features heavily in many Sichuan dishes. Read more about it Here. Check out the photos of both pastes below so you know what to look for at the Chinese market!

Jar of Tian Mian Jiang Sweet Flour Sauce

Jar of dobanjiang (spicy bean sauce), thewoksoflife.com

Mix the braised egg noodles with chopsticks

Recipe Instructions

First, prepare the sauce mixture. Combine sweet bean sauce, spicy bean sauce, rice vinegar, Shaoxing wine, dark soy sauce, and water. Have all your ingredients ready before you start cooking.

Zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, garlic, and eggs

Preheat your wok over medium-high heat until it starts to smoke lightly and add 2 tablespoons of oil. Then immediately add the beaten eggs. Saute them until they’re done (they should still be slightly runny), and quickly remove from the pan.

Add the beaten eggs to the oil in a pan.

Add the remaining tablespoon of oil to the skillet (still over medium heat), along with the tomatoes, peppers (if using), garlic, and zucchini. Cook for a few minutes until the tomatoes are soft and the zucchini is tender.

Zucchini, tomato, chili, and garlic in wok

Fried zucchini, tomato, garlic and chili

Add the prepared chutney mixture to the wok with the eggs.

Add the prepared chutney mixture to the vegetables in the pan.

Stir, cover, and reduce heat to medium. Simmer on medium heat for 3-5 minutes. Add salt to taste and stir in sesame oil.

Serve this mixture over your cooked noodles (alternatively, you can serve it over rice).

Garnish with chopped scallions, and serve these braised eggs immediately with noodles!