Chinese Tomato Egg Stir-Fry. A popular Chinese dish that is deliciously sweet, tangy, and savoury. It's a great side dish for supper or lunch and is very easy to make at home!
My mother used to make a version of this Chinese tomato and egg stir fry. However, she added some beef to "beef" it up for our family of five which includes my 6 ft. tall brother who take double the portion. It was absolutely delicious and I still have memories of her dish today.
However, the version I am sharing with you is vegetarian or ovo-tarian. This classic tomato and egg stir fry contains sweet ripened tomatoes, eggs, ketchup and a corn starch slurry that makes this dish so glossy and yummy!
This stir fry egg with tomato sauce is best served with some hot steamed rice and leafy greens of you choice! I really hope you enjoy this easy dish! It also works well as leftovers for the next day!
Don't forget to check out my other recipes below for something similar!
Other recipes you may like!
HONG KONG TOMATO MACARONI SOUP
SOY SAUCE EGGS
JAPANESE EGG SANDWICH
CHINESE TEA EGGS
ASIAN TOFU VEGETABLE STIR FRY
For this recipe
You will need the following ingredients for my classic tomato & egg stir-fry:
2 tsp cooking oil
1 stalk green onion
4 tomatoes, quartered
¼ cup water
5 eggs, whisked
1 tsp sesame oil
Salt to taste
Ketchup slurry:
½ tbsp cornstarch
½ cup water
¼ tsp ginger powder
3 tbsp ketchup
1 tsp sugar
¼ tsp salt
How to cook tomato egg stir fry
In a small bowl, whisk together the ingredients for your ketchup slurry until well combined.
In another bowl, whisk your eggs with the sesame oil.
Quarter your tomatoes and do not chop any smaller or the tomatoes will disintegrate.
In a non-stick pan set over medium heat, add your 1 tsp of cooking oil and green onions. Cook until the green onions are fragrant.
Next add your chopped tomatoes and sauté for 2 minutes. Then add in ¼ cup of water to cook the tomatoes down. Season with a pinch of salt to taste.
Once your tomatoes are softened, lower your heat to very low. Pour in your ketchup slurry and gently mix in with the tomatoes.
Transfer the tomato mixture to a bowl and scrape all the sauce into your bowl.
Into the same pan set over low medium heat, add 1 tsp of cooking oil followed by whisked eggs. Slowly stir the eggs with a spatula to make soft scrambled eggs.
Once the cooked are glossy but cooked, stir in tomato ketchup mixture until eggs are combined with tomato sauce and eggs are broken down into bite size pieces. Serve and enjoy!
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Chinese Tomato Egg Stir-Fry (20-min. Recipe)
Ingredients
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 stalk green onion
- 4 to matoes quartered
- ¼ cup water
- 5 eggs whisked
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- Salt to taste
Ketchup slurry:
- ½ tbsp cornstarch
- ½ cup water
- ¼ tsp ginger powder
- 3 tbsp ketchup
- 1 tsp white granulated sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together the ingredients for your ketchup slurry until well combined.
- In another bowl, whisk your eggs with the sesame oil.
- Quarter your tomatoes and do not chop any smaller or the tomatoes will disintegrate.
- In a non-stick pan set over medium heat, add your 1 tsp of cooking oil and green onions. Cook until the green onions are fragrant.
- Next add your chopped tomatoes and sauté for 2 minutes. Then add in ¼ cup of water to cook the tomatoes down. Season with a pinch of salt to taste.
- Once your tomatoes are softened, lower your heat to very low. Pour in your ketchup slurry and gently mix in with the tomatoes.
- Transfer the tomato mixture to a bowl and scrape all the sauce into your bowl.
- Into the same pan set over low medium heat, add 1 tsp of cooking oil followed by whisked eggs. Slowly stir the eggs with a spatula to make soft scrambled eggs.
- Once the cooked are glossy but cooked, stir in tomato ketchup mixture until eggs are combined with tomato sauce and eggs are broken down into bite size pieces. Serve and enjoy!
NOTES
Ohh yum! This meal looks so easy, quick and so delicious! I love the combo of eggs and tomato any day - and I think your version would go down so well in our house. I might give it a go tomorrow! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
Yum, Christie! This would be a great dish for lunch. Eggs are one of my go-to's for when I'm short on ingredients and time!
This was really delicious and quick to make. I will be making this again and again. Thanks for the recipe Christie!
Sounds so intriguing! I'm going to have to try this yummy dish!
Mmm so comforting, love this classic dish!
This classic dish looks so yummy and I love how quick it is to prepare!
This Chinese Tomato Egg Stir-Fry looks like such a perfect weeknight meal!
I have never tried tomato in a stir fry before! This looks so irresistibly delicious, thanks for sharing!
Absolutely delicious and so full of flavour - this is a favourite recipe of yours, and that is hard - I love them all! 😀
Such a beautiful dish! Love the colors and love the inspiration behind it! So nice to remember and be able to recreate childhood dishes. 🙂
This looks so scrumptious... and without the beef it makes for a really frugal weeknight dinner. It's so quick and easy too!! 😋
This is such a good recipe!! Such a classic and so delicious!
Thank you for this great recipe, we really enjoyed it.
So happy to hear this! Thank YOU for making and rating my recipe 🙂
We really enjoyed this recipe. Thank you so much for sharing! My husband asked me to cook it again 🙂
So happy to read this Lynn! Thanks for making my recipe and glad you both enjoyed it 🙂
Wonderful flavor. Easy to prepare. Thank you!
Thanks so much for making my recipe, John! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.