Steamed Egg with Minced Pork

If you need to whip together a meal in 30 minutes, but you also want something delicious and comforting, steamed egg with minced pork is a simple recipe that you need to try.

Steamed Egg with Minced Pork
👥4 servings
⏱️25 minutes

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225g½ lb 20% fat ground pork(about)
2tbspsoy sauce
1tbspShaoxing wine(or rice cooking wine)
½tspminced garlic(about a clove)
½tspfreshly grated ginger
tspwhite pepper powder
1pinchChinese five spice powder(optional)
1pinchsalt
½tspsugar
½tspcorn starch
1scallion(chopped)
4eggs
cupwarm water(1/3 cup per egg, less for thicker consistency)
sesame oil
warm rice

Instructions

In a shallow bowl, mix ground pork with soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, garlic, ginger, white pepper powder, Chinese five spice, salt, sugar, and corn starch. Finally stir in chopped scallion and set it aside.

Whisk eggs with warm water until smooth. Try not to incorporate too much air in it.

Pour the egg mixture into the shallow bowl through a sift and then gently loosen and evenly distribute the pork a bit.

In a pot with a lid, bring 3 cups of water to a boil over medium heat. Insert a steamer basket/rack into the pot and place the bowl on top.

Reduce the heat to medium low and cover pot with lid, but leave a little opening and steam for 20 minutes or until the egg custard is set. To check whether it's cooked through, poke a hole with a chopstick and see if there's any liquid coming out, if not, then the dish is ready.

Once it's done cooking, remove the pot from the heat and let it cool for 5 minutes before taking it out. Drizzle with a bit of sesame oil and serve with warm rice.