Scrambled eggs with peanut cucumbers
Turns out, peanut butter and cucumbers go GREAT together!!
Scrambled eggs with peanut cucumbers
Time: 20 mins | Difficulty: 1/5 | Recommendation: Breakfast
When I first moved to the city, my roommate had a rice cooker, and my Saturday routine was to wake up, make coffee, and set some rice to cook. I’d have enough for a few meals throughout the week, and would usually make something with the fresh rice in the morning. (Honestly, I haven’t thought about that routine in a while—I feel like I should bring it back??) Anyway, this is a really delicious recipe for scrambled eggs with some warm, peanut-butter-cucumbers that’s all topped over some rice. The peanut sauce from the cucumbers sinks into the rice and it gets all warm and gooey, and paired with the eggs and basil…it’s a chef’s kiss breakfast dish. Add some yogurt on the side for freshness. I consider this a one-pan dish because you could make it even if you had leftover rice, or you can skip the rice entirely and just double the amount of eggs! I’m just a big fan of carbs…
Ingredients:
Half an onion, chopped
1 cucumber, chopped into little 1/4 inch chunks
Peanut butter
Soy sauce
1 egg
Rice
Cumin seeds
Ginger, chopped
Cardamom pods
Yogurt
Chopped basil (optional)
Method:
Prep the rice (if you’re not using leftovers).
To a pan, add butter, the cumin seeds, the cardamom, and the ginger. Coat the spices in the butter. Then add the onions.
When the onions are softening, add in the cucumber chunks and stir them around.
Sprinkle on some soy sauce and stir around. Then add a couple dollops of peanut butter right into the pan and stir it all, until it turns into a kind of smooth glaze. (Peanut butter has a lot of oil in it, so this makes sense when you think about it!!)
Add pepper to taste, and if you want it sweeter, add a touch of sugar. Add the cucumber situation to the rice.
Crack an egg directly into the same pan (embrace any residue or leftover cumin seeds stuck in there) and scramble it around. I’m not a fan of fluffy eggs, so this method is a really easy way to save washing-up and also get pretty well-done scrambled eggs. Add salt and pepper.
Top the rice and cucumbers with the eggs, then add the basil on top. Put a dollop of yogurt on the side. And enjoy!