Loaded Steamed Egg Custard (Khai Tun Song Krueang)

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• Water/stock, 1.5× the egg volume
• 100g chopped shrimp + minced pork
• Shiitake + diced carrot
• Light soy sauce + sliced spring onion

Method

• Beat eggs with stock and soy sauce; strain through a sieve for smoothness
• Put shrimp, pork, mushroom and carrot in a bowl; pour the egg over
• Steam over low-medium heat, lid slightly ajar, about 1215 minutes until set
• Scatter spring onion, steam 1 more minute, and serve warm

How to choose ingredients

Choose fresh clean-shelled eggs that don't slosh when shaken · Fresh shrimp/pork with no smell · Fragrant shiitake adds umami.

Chef's secret

Chef's secret: strain the egg and steam gently with the lid ajar to let steam escape the custard turns silky, never pitted · a 1.5× water-to-egg ratio gives the perfect soft set, neither firm nor runny.

Order fresh eggs + shrimp + minced pork as a set from Fresh Market Online.