Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Microwaved egg with grape leafs and chili crisp

A small bowl with a dollop of chili crisp on a grape leaf next to a large egg and a container with some grape leafs
The bowl with the egg yolk and white on the first grape leaf
Bowl with the egg covered by a second grape leaf
A pretty, covered, red bowl in a microwave oven
A microwave oven with 45 on the timer
The cooked microwaved egg with grape leafs and chili crisp - and a bit of splattered egg white

I believe that I have invented a new food treat: microwaved egg with grape leafs and chili crisp

I tried Google, DuckDuckGo and Bing and did not find anything that described this treat. (Of course, someone else might have already invented it and posted it to the internet, but search engines have become so bad that it is not findable. Anyway...) 

Ingredients:

  • 2 steamed grape leafs
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon of chili crisp

Instructions:

  1. Put one of the steamed grape leafs on the bottom of a small bowl. (In advance, you will have picked a bunch of young, intact grape leafs from the grapevine outside your porch, removed the stems, rinsed the leafs, steamed them for a few minutes and then put them in a container in your fridge.)
  2. Dollop a teaspoon of chili crisp on the grape leaf. You can smear it around a bit, but you don't have to.  (Laoganma Spicy Chili Crisp will be fine if you don't have a jar you made yourself or one of the really exquisite brands.)
  3. Crack an egg and drop everything except the shell on top of the grape leaf and chili crisp.
  4. Either leave the yolk intact, or break it with a piece of egg shell. Your choice. 
  5. Cover the egg with a second grape leaf.
  6. Cover the small bowl with a small plate. (Coverage is important, the egg will splatter even with the top grape leaf.)
  7. Put the covered bowl in your microwave oven, set the timer and turn it on. (45 seconds is just right for me, but you might want to experiment to get the result that is perfect for you.)

Outcome - A delicious treat

I love having one of these with my breakfast savoury oatmeal mélange. I am confident that this treat would also be a great addition to toast, fried rice, hash browns and many other foods suitable for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a mid-meal snack.

Please let me know if you try this and what you ate it with! 

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