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Main course · Thai

Kai Jeow Poo (Thai Crab Omelette)

15 min Serves 4 ~252 kcal/serving ~£9.20 (£2.30/serving) Dairy-freeGluten-freePescatarian

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Ingredients

  • 6 eggs
  • 150 g white crab meat
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 spring onions, sliced
  • 1 tsp white pepper
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories
252 kcal
Protein
18.2 g
Carbohydrate
1.4 g
of which sugars
0.7 g
Fat
18.7 g
of which saturates
3.6 g
Fibre
0.4 g
Salt
1.54 g

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Method

  1. 1

    Beat the eggs with the fish sauce and white pepper in a bowl.

  2. 2

    Gently fold the crab meat and spring onions through the egg mixture, keeping the crab in chunks.

  3. 3

    Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or frying pan over a high heat until shimmering.

  4. 4

    Pour in the egg mixture and let it puff up and spread without stirring for 1 minute.

  5. 5

    Carefully flip or fold the omelette and cook for 2 more minutes until the egg is fully set and the edges are golden and crisp.

  6. 6

    Slide onto a plate and serve with jasmine rice and a wedge of lime.

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