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Hong Kong Breakfast Ramen
Hong Kong Breakfast Ramen
While this seems to be nothing fancy, and it isn’t, Hong Kong breakfast ramen is a staple in tea houses. It’s quick and inexpensive, yet very satisfying. Chicken ramen are topped with a couple slices of fried spam, a fried egg, and a little green onion. You can prepare breakfast ramen at home, costing a little over $1 per serving. You can easily feed a family of 4 for $5.
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- 1 package chicken ramen
- 2 slices spam
- 1 large egg
- 1 green onion finely chopped
Instructions
- Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a small pot. Add in the ramen noodles. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Add in the seasoning packet and cook for 1 more minute. Pour in a bowl.
- Pan fry the slices of spam in a small sauté pan over medium high heat for 2 minutes a side until crispy. Set aside.
- Turn up the heat to high. Crack an egg into the pan. Cook sunny-side up for 2-3 minutes until the white is cooked.
Empalmes
Empalmes
Empalmes are a popular breakfast dish in Mexico. It consists of refried beans spread in between 2 crispy fried tortillas; topped with a sunny side up egg, piquin chili salsa, and chopped cilantro.
Ingredients
- vegetable oil
- 2 tortillas
- 1/4 cup refried beans with chorizo
- 1 large egg
- piquin chili salsa
Garnish
- cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Heat up vegetable oil in a small skillet over medium high heat. Fry both of the tortillas for 2-3 minutes a side until crispy. Drain grease on paper towel.
- Spread the beans on one side of a tortilla. Place the other tortilla on top.
- Add a little more oil to the skillet. Fry an egg sunny side up.
Meatball Congee
Meatball Congee
Congee is one of the few Thai dishes considered breakfast food, although you can eat it anytime. Congee is made by taking cooked rice and lightly processing it in a blender with stock. The rice porridge is simmered until thickened. This particular recipe contains small pork meatballs that are added the last couple minutes of cooking; releasing more porky goodness into the porridge.
Servings: 2
Equipment
- blender
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked jasmine rice
- 4 cups pork stock
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp fish sauce
- ground white pepper to taste
- 1” ginger julienned
Pork Meatballs
- 12 oz ground pork
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1/4 tsp ground white pepper
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 1 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
Garnish
- 1 green onion chopped
- 1 tsp sesame oil
Instructions
- Mix together the meatball ingredients.
- Roll into marble sized balls. Set aside.
- Place the cooked jasmine rice in a blender with 2 cups of the pork stock.
- Pulse the rice a few times until it is chopped up into smaller pieces; still slightly chunky. You don’t want the rice to be puréed.
- Pour the rice, the rest of the pork stock, fish sauce, soy sauce, and white pepper into a pot over medium heat. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring consistently.
- Add in the meatballs. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Stir in the julienned ginger.
