Chinese home cooking

Fried Eggs with Vinegar and Chile Sauce

Name: Fried Eggs with Vinegar and Chile Sauce
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: eggs; sliced garlic; red pepper; scallion sections; 1 spoonful chopped-chile sauce (剁椒酱); 3 spoonfuls light soy sauce; 2 spoonfuls aged black vinegar; 1 spoonful sugar; 1 spoonful oyster sauce; cooking oil

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Pan-fried eggs are coated in a tangy chopped-chile sauce with garlic, red pepper and scallions.

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Published 2026-10-12

English adaptation and editing of authorized supplied recipes: Chinese Home Cooking.

Fried eggs with browned edges, green scallions and red peppers on a pale plate. — Fried Eggs with Vinegar and Chile Sauce

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Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

eggs
sliced garlic
red pepper
scallion sections
1 spoonfulchopped-chile sauce (剁椒酱)
3 spoonfulslight soy sauce
2 spoonfulsaged black vinegar
1 spoonfulsugar
1 spoonfuloyster sauce
cooking oil

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Step-by-Step Instructions

01
Mix chopped-chile sauce, light soy sauce, aged black vinegar, sugar and oyster sauce to make the sauce.
02
Add oil to a hot pan and crack in the eggs. Fry until one side sets, then turn them over.
03
Add sliced garlic and red pepper, pour in the sauce and toss gently. Add scallion sections and cook until evenly coated.

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Cooking Method

Pan-Frying

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