Name: Chinese Spinach with Eggs
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 250 g Chinese spinach; 3 clove garlic; 150 ml chicken broth (Swanson brand); 250 ml water; 1 tsp sugar; 1/2 tsp sesame oil; 1 hard boil salted egg (cut to cubes); 1/2 century egg (cut to cubes); 1 small egg (lightly beaten); 1/2 tbsp goji berries (rinse well); dash of pepper

Chinese spinach (xian cai 苋菜) with eggs is a popular “soupy stir fry” dish found in Malaysia and Singapore. It’s a delicious healthy dish with a distinctive flavour of eggs, namely salted egg, century egg and the normal egg and a slight bitter taste from the Chinese spinach. This is a very simple and easy dish to prepare at home and it can be done within 15 minutes and is perfect for a small family. If you are not a fan of salted and century eggs, you can add fish balls or fish slices/fish cakes instead.

Chinese Spinach with Eggs

Delicious healthy dish with a distinctive flavour of eggs, namely salted egg, century egg and the normal egg and a slight bitter taste from the Chinese spinach.

Author Ann Low

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 5

Total Time 15

Cuisine Chinese

Servings people

Ingredients

250 g Chinese spinach
3 clove garlic
150 ml chicken broth - Swanson brand
250 ml water
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp sesame oil
1 hard boil salted egg - cut to cubes
1/2 century egg - cut to cubes
1 small egg - lightly beaten
1/2 tbsp goji berries - rinse well
dash of pepper

Instructions

Rinse the Chinese spinach under running water and pluck the leaves off the stem.
Add little oil to hot pan and fry garlic to aromatic. Then pour in chicken stock and water with sugar and sesame oil, bring to boil. Drop in Chinese spinach and stir well to boil again till leaves soften, followed by salted egg and century egg, covered and simmer at medium heat for about 1 minute.
Lastly stream in the beaten egg and give a quick stir (you may salt to taste at this stage). Add goji berries, stir well again and off heat, add a dash of pepper and serve immediately.