Also known as: Yum Kai Dao, Fried Egg Salad, Thai Fried Egg Salad
About this dish
Crispy-edged fried eggs cut up and tossed with shallots, tomato, celery and a sharp lime-chilli dressing.
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Ingredients
🥚4 eggs
🧅2 shallots and 1 small onion, sliced
🍅6 cherry tomatoes, halved
🌿Chinese celery and coriander, chopped
🍋2 tbsp lime juice
🐟1.5 tbsp fish sauce and 1 tsp sugar
🌶️4 bird's eye chillies, chopped
🫗Oil, for frying
Method
Serves 2
1
Fry the eggs one at a time in hot oil, spooning oil over them, until the whites are crisp and the yolks still soft.
2
Drain and cut each egg into pieces.
3
Mix the lime juice, fish sauce, sugar and chillies.
4
Toss the onion, shallots, tomatoes and herbs with the dressing.
5
Add the eggs, toss gently and serve with rice.
✓ What Makes it Authentic
Yam khai dao is a cheap, popular Thai home and street dish; the eggs are deep-fried in plenty of oil so the whites puff and crisp while the yolks stay soft.
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