Microwave Egg Custard
Microwave Egg Custard is a home-style vegetable dish at difficulty 2/5 (Easy), about 160 kcal. Microwave egg custard is a simple and fast home-style steamed egg dish. Ingredients and step-by-step instructions are below, with notes for home cooking.
2 / 5
★★☆☆☆
160 kcal
Ingredients
- Eggs
- Water
- Shrimp skin (optional)
- Scallion (optional)
- Salt
- Soy sauce (optional)
- Sesame oil (optional)
Steps
- Crack eggs into a microwave-safe ceramic bowl and whisk them thoroughly with chopsticks or a fork.
- Add water and salt, stirring until well mixed.
- Add shrimp skin and stir to ensure they are evenly distributed and not clumped together.
- Chop scallions to a size approximately 0.6-3.6mm in diameter and mix them into the bowl.
- Place the bowl and its contents into the microwave. Cover the surface with plastic wrap or use a microwave-safe ceramic plate as a lid (Note: Do not seal completely; leave room for expansion). Heat on high for 2 minutes (500W).
- Carefully remove the plastic wrap or other covering, then continue heating for another 2 minutes.
- If your microwave does not have a rotating turntable, slowly rotate the bowl 180 degrees horizontally to ensure the contents are heated evenly.
- Add sesame oil.
- Remove the bowl carefully from the microwave (it will be very hot).
- If adding soy sauce is desired, ensure it flows over the egg custard surface to form as thin a layer as possible.
- Enjoy your egg custard.
Notes
Microwave egg custard is a simple and fast home-style steamed egg dish. The texture is tender and smooth, making it especially suitable as a midnight snack or a quick meal addition. Eggs are rich in high-quality protein and various vitamins, providing necessary nutrition for the body, while shrimp skin adds calcium. This dish is very beginner-friendly; no control of heat intensity is needed, and the entire process from beating and seasoning to serving takes only about 10 minutes.
Estimated Cooking Difficulty: ★★
Estimated Calories: 160 kcal
Group: Egg Custard
Calculations:
Determine how many portions you plan to make before starting. One portion serves exactly 1 person.
Total Amounts:
- Eggs: 2 * Portions
- Water: 200ml * Portions
- Shrimp skin: 10 * Portions (optional)
- Scallion: 5g * Portions (optional)
- Salt: 3g * Portions
- Soy sauce (optional)
- Sesame oil (Lao Chun Jiu): 1ml (optional)
- 1 Egg is approximately 50±5g. If using other varieties of eggs, adjust the water amount proportionally.
- Be sure to whisk the eggs thoroughly; otherwise, a light egg explosion might occur.
- The amount of egg and water must not exceed 2/3 of the bowl's capacity, or overflow might occur.
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