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Stir-fried Tomato and Scrambled Eggs

A quick stir-fry of tomatoes and scrambled eggs seasoned with salt, sugar, and scallions.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Egg and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122,807 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Stir-fried Tomato and Scrambled Eggs

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Make a cross-shaped cut on the top of the tomatoes and blanch them in boiling water.

  2. After a short period, transfer the tomatoes to ice water to shock them and remove the skins.

  3. Cut the tomatoes into chunks and set aside.

  4. Whisk the eggs together.

  5. Season the eggs with a pinch of salt and scramble them in a skillet with a little oil.

  6. Set the scrambled eggs aside after cooking is finished.

Stir-fry and finish

  1. Heat a little oil in a separate skillet.

  2. Add the scallions to the skillet and sauté briefly.

  3. Add the tomato chunks to the skillet with the scallions.

  4. Stir-fry until the tomatoes release their juices.

  5. Add the scrambled eggs to the skillet with the scallions and tomatoes.

  6. Let everything simmer to reduce the tomato juice.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

312Calories
9 gProtein
19 gFat
28 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Tomato + sugartop 33% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,667 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Tomato + eggtop 34% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,890 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Tomatoes
Break down into juices that form the sauce base and add acidity and sweetness.
Eggs
Scramble to soft curds that provide the main protein and richness of the dish.
Scallions
Sautéed briefly to add a mild aromatic onion flavor to the oil.

The step that matters

Stir-fry the tomatoes until they release their juices. Cooking tomatoes until they soften and release liquid concentrates their flavor and builds the sauce. Stopping too early leaves a watery, raw taste, while overcooking makes them mushy.

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, sugar):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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