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For me, eggs are a handy last-resort food. My regular menu doesn’t feature eggs a whole lot but it’s good to know them good old eggs are just sitting there on the door of my fridge, waiting for the time when I’m fresh out of creative cooking ideas and can’t think what else to cook, and then they just jump out at me.

Steamed eggs with pork is one of those down home egg dishes that requires very little prep and just a regular wok if you don’t have a steamer (no power exam tables or any fancy equipment).

The ingredients I use are:

• 3 medium or large eggs
• a small chunk of ground pork
• 1-2 sprigs of spring (green) onions and cilantro, chopped
• fried shallots for garnishing, optional

First I set up my wok, covered and half-filled with water to boil. While waiting for the water to boil, I break the eggs into a bowl, add a splash of water and beat. Then in goes the ground pork, mix well with the eggs and season with salt and pepper to taste.

I pour the pork and eggs into a stainless steel plate which is what I usually use for steaming. I lay a pair of chopsticks, slightly apart, across the center of my wok and use it as a support for my plate.

If you’re using a steamer, then it’s easy, you simply place the plate on the rack. Cover and allow to steam for 30 minutes or more. When your steamed eggs with pork is ready, remove the plate and garnish with fresh chopped spring onions and cilantro, and fried shallots.

If you’ve never tried steamed eggs with pork, it’s a soothing comfort food that goes well with rice. You can also go ahead and vary it by adding salted egg, or leaving out the pork altogether if you’re vegetarian or plan to feed it to the very young or the elderly.

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