Our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024 include eggs recipes and recipes with eggs. Readers loved our recipes for Singaporean-Malaysian half-boiled kopitiam eggs, perfumed Chinese marbled tea eggs, my Russian buckwheat kasha with caramelised onions, bacon lardons, fried mushrooms, and soft-boiled eggs, our shakshuka-style one-pan British fry-up, and loads of our Japanese eggs recipes.
Our Weekend Eggs series of quintessential eggs dishes from around the world has been on hiatus while I’ve been in Australia and Terence, the egg master and creator of our 15 year-old egg recipe series, has been home in Cambodia. That hasn’t stopped visitors to Grantourismo digging into our archives for egg recipes from around the world.
So as it’s that time of the year when we look at our stats to see how readers spent their time on Grantourismo (also take a look at our 24 most popular recipes of 2024), we thought we’d share our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024. This compilation features loads of recipes from recent years, plus some oldies, whether you’re looking for scrambled eggs recipes, boiled eggs recipes or fried eggs recipes.
If you’re visiting us for the first time, we started Weekend Eggs way back in 2010 when we launched Grantourismo with a yearlong global grand tour dedicated to slow, local and experiential travel, which we’ve long believed are more sustainable, ethical, engaging, and more immersive forms of travel.
On that trip, we spent two weeks in each destination, staying in apartment rentals and holiday homes to try to live like locals, and in each place we settled into, we explored the local food, connected with local cooks and chefs, and learnt to cook local specialties, which we shared in a series called The Dish, for which Terence learnt to cook a quintessential dish of each place, and our Weekend Eggs series.
Now, before I tell you more about our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024, we have a favour to ask. Grantourismo is reader-supported. If you’ve enjoyed our recipes, please consider supporting Grantourismo: some ways include buying a handcrafted KROK, the best mortar and pestle ever; browsing our Grantourismo store for gifts for food lovers designed with Terence’s images; or buying something on Amazon, such as these cookbooks for culinary travellers, classic cookbooks for serious cooks, or gifts for Asian food lovers and picnic lovers.
Now let me tell you all about these 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024.
Most Popular Weekend Eggs Recipes of 2024
These are our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024, the most searched-for recipes and recipes where visitors to Grantourismo spent their time – and hopefully cooked. If you’ve made any of these recipes please let us know in the comments at the end of the post.
Our Guide to How to Boil Eggs Perfectly
How to boil eggs perfectly and specifically how long to boil eggs for soft-boiled eggs and hard boiled eggs are some of the most often-asked questions of home cooks.
Terence is a master of anything involving eggs (which is why we’re planning on turning his 15-year-old Weekend Eggs series into an eggs cookbook), so a few years ago I persuaded him to create this guide to how to boil eggs perfectly every single time.
While not strictly a recipe, but rather a guide, this year it topped our list of the 24 most popular egg posts of 2024, it was the second most popular post of the year, so I’ve give it its rightful place on this list.
How to Boil Eggs Perfectly Every Time for Perfect Soft and Hard Boiled Eggs
Half Boiled Eggs Recipe for Classic Kopitiam Eggs
This half-boiled eggs recipe makes the classic kopitiam eggs tailor-made for having with kaya toast in a Singaporean or Malaysian kopitiam (coffee shop) and it’s next on our list of 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024.
The just-set, still-runny yolks and milky whites are perfect for dipping toast ‘soldiers’ into. The secret is getting perfectly soft eggs every time and Terence’s technique is flawless for achieving the perfect soft boiled eggs every time. See his guide above.
Plenty of dark soy and white pepper were sprinkled over countless eggs as Terence tested endless variations of the cooking methods traditionally used to make these eggs. The best bit about Terence’s half-boiled eggs recipe is that they require very little attention.
If you start these eggs on a timer, by the time your alarm goes off you could have toasted your bread, slathered on some kaya and be ready to dip those toast fingers into your eggs. And speaking of kaya, if you really want to be transported back to an old-fashioned kopitiam in Singapore or Malaysia, make a pot of kopi and our homemade kaya coconut jam.
Half Boiled Eggs Recipe for Classic Kopitiam Eggs to Go With Your Kaya Toast
Russian Buckwheat Kasha with Boiled Eggs, Bacon, Mushrooms, and Caramelised Onions
Not all of our Weekend Eggs recipes are eggs dishes, some are dishes with eggs, such as this comforting Russian buckwheat kasha recipe with caramelised onions, bacon lardons, pan-fried mushrooms, and soft-boiled eggs, which makes my take on my Russian-Ukrainian grandmother’s kasha recipe.
After Putin invaded Ukraine, I was certain nobody would be searching for Russian recipes, and despite my mixed Russian-Ukrainian heritage on mum’s side of the family, I put a planned cookbook of family recipes on hold. I was mistaken. Beef Stroganoff tops our list of most-read recipes year after year, and this kasha or grechka, a savoury porridge, is #3 on our list of 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024.
Comforting Russian Buckwheat Kasha Recipe with Bacon, Caramelised Onions, Mushrooms and Eggs
Burmese Egg Curry Recipe for a Myanmar Breakfast Favourite
This traditional Burmese egg curry recipe makes a Myanmar curry shop staple that’s typically eaten for breakfast. It was another of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024. Terence adapted this recipe from the modestly printed Cook and Entertain the Burmese Way (1978) by Mi Mi Khaing, our favourite Burmese cookbook.
Served with a spicy tomato and onion-based curry, the boiled eggs are peeled and deep fried in turmeric until golden, which is why you’ll also see this called a Burmese golden egg curry recipe in some Burmese cookbooks. The Burmese only eat a small amount of curry compared to the rice and there’s always a salad or cooked vegetables and relishes to provide balance.
Traditional Burmese Egg Curry Recipe for a Myanmar Breakfast Favourite
Russian Devilled Eggs Recipe for a Zakuski Table Fit for an Emperor
This easy Russian devilled eggs recipe will make you another Russian retro-classic which, like chicken Kiev and beef Stroganoff, spread like wildfire around the world with post-war Russian refugees. Devilled eggs would go on to feature on formica trays of hors d’oeuvres at every swinging soirée from Sydney to San Francisco in the 1960s and 1970s.
In Sydney in the 1970s, my groovy mum in her maxi-skirt, crocheted bikini-top and pig-tails offered Russian devilled eggs as finger food at weekend barbecues and dinner parties. My Russian-Ukrainian grandmother who served boiled eggs with caviar at Sunday family lunches topped devilled eggs with smoked salmon, caviar and dill for special occasions.
Caviar wasn’t the luxury then that it is now. Caviar was just something we ate with eggs – which the adults washed down with vodka. It wasn’t the fancy Iranian caviar in fashion today, but the more affordable black or red fish roe sold in every Eastern European deli in suburban Sydney.
Russian Devilled Eggs Recipe for a Zakuski Table Fit for a Russian Emperor
Southeast Asian Crab Omelette Recipe for a Luxurious Weekend Eggs Dish
This crab omelette recipe makes for a decadent weekend eggs dish that’s perfect if you’re just back from an early morning shop at the fish markets, armed with luxurious fresh crab meat, and and it’s another of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024.
This was a recipe that we began making not long after settling into Siem Reap a decade ago, but Terence didn’t learn this recipe here. He adapted a Vietnamese inspired crab omelette recipe from Charmaine Solomon’s The Complete Asian Cookbook which used to be on my bookshelves in Sydney for many years and saw a lot of use. It’s a classic in the Australian-Asian kitchen.
There are many different Southeast Asian crab omelette recipes and this crab omelette recipe of Sri Lankan-born cookbook author Solomon’s is the best method for making a crab omelette as far as we’re concerned.
Thai Pad Kra Pao Recipe for Stir Fried Ground Pork and Holy Basil with Fried Egg
Our Thai stir-fried minced pork with holy basil recipe makes a staple of street food stalls in Thailand that’s a Thai food favourite with locals and foreigners alike, and it was another of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024.
A garlic and chilli paste is mixed with pork mince and a rich sauce before being served with fragrant and refreshing Thai holy basil and a fried egg. To top it off, a classic Thai condiment, prik nam pla, further enhances the flavour of this popular Thai street food dish when served with steamed jasmine rice.
This Thai pad kra pao recipe is very versatile. Thai holy basil is essential – that’s the ‘kra pao’ in the title, also written as ‘kra pow’ and ‘gaphrao’, while ‘pad’ or ‘phat’ is ‘stir-fried’ – however, you could easily use ground beef or chicken mince, and you can crank up the heat if you like things hot or serve a more gently spiced stir-fry if you prefer.
A seasoned carbon steel wok is essential to get the mince a little smoky, which will help give your pad kra pao that authentic Thai flavour. It also makes a fantastic Christmas present for lovers of Asian cooking.
Thai Pad Kra Pao Recipe for Stir Fried Ground Pork and Holy Basil with Fried Egg
Egg Foo Young with Gravy Recipe for the Chinese American Crispy Omelette
This egg foo young with gravy recipe makes the Chinese American restaurant specialty of crispy omelettes doused in gravy and sprinkled with scallions, sesame seeds and bean sprouts, and it’s another of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024.. Served with rice, the fantastic, filling omelette can be eaten for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner and is just as delicious as the Cantonese original.
When we published a recipe for the original Cantonese-style egg foo young – or egg foo yung or egg fu yung or the Cantonese fu yong dan or fuyong dan – a delightfully crispy omelette filled with pork, spring onions and bean sprouts, with provenance in Southern China during the 18th century Ching Dynasty, it was so well received by readers we thought we’d share this version.
The Chinese American egg foo young with gravy recipe makes a popular Chinese takeout dish that originated in Chinese American restaurants in the 19th or 20th century. There are numerous origin stories. Similar egg foo young variations exist in Chinese diasporas around the world, each with their own tweaks, and they’re all delicious.
Egg Foo Young with Gravy Recipe for the Chinese American Crispy Omelette and Takeout Favourite
Cambodian Saom Omelette Recipe for Herbaceous Eggs with Foraged Greens
This Cambodian saom omelette recipe is inspired by the typical herb omelette that Cambodians love to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a filling snack and it was another of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024. It’s a delicious herbaceous eggs dish made with a beloved Cambodian green that is foraged and farmed.
Stinky when raw, it’s sweet, garlicky and comforting when fried in butter. Known in English as climbing wattle or acacia leaf, saom is called cha-om in Thailand and in Myanmar it’s su pout ywet. Saom – sometimes written sa’om – and is the feathery shoots of the senegalia pennata, which is also called acacia pennata.
Saom is farmed on a small scale here in Cambodia, but it’s mostly foraged. Cambodians were foragers well before it was fashionable. The natural instinct is to pluck something from the backyard, the neighbour’s yard, the side of the road, or anywhere in and around the village where things grow.
Cambodian Saom Omelette Recipe for an Herbaceous Weekend Eggs Dish with Foraged Greens
Egg Foo Young Recipe for the Cantonese Crispy Omelette
Next on our list of 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024 is this egg foo young recipe for the original Cantonese crispy filled omelette from Southern China. Traditionally filled with char sui pork, spring onions and bean sprouts, it’s also hugely popular in Hong Kong.
Called fu yong dan or fuyong dan in Cantonese, but in English known as egg foo yung or egg fu yung, it differs from the Chinese-American egg foo young, above, a popular Chinese restaurant takeout dish of crispy pancake-like omelettes drizzled in gravy. If you like those, try the Thai style puffy omelette kai jiew with ground pork and one of our favourite ground pork recipes.
Egg Foo Young Recipe for the Original Cantonese Style Crispy Omelette Fu Yong Dan
Bacon and Egg Yaki Udon Recipe for Japanese Fried Noodles
This bacon and egg yaki udon recipe makes my idea of a deliciously-hearty Japanese-style noodle breakfast for the weekend and it was another of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024.
It takes inspiration from classic Japanese fried udon noodles and tamago kake gohan or Japanese egg on rice. The udon noodles are fried with bacon and mushrooms and served with a raw egg yolk stirred into the piping-hot noodles before eating, although you could certainly use cooked eggs.
When I concocted this, I was craving both this Korean spicy noodles recipe made with udon noodles, kimchi, bacon and eggs, and tamago kake gohan or Japanese egg on rice, but couldn’t decide which to make. I’d read that in Japan, tamago kake gohan made with European ingredients such as Italian Parma ham and Parmigiano-Reggiano has become popular, so I thought why not.
If you can eat raw eggs, make sure to use pasteurised eggs and keep eggs refrigerated to reduce the risk of possible salmonella infection from raw eggs. If you prefer to cook your eggs, we use one of these small single-egg frying pans and fry the eggs, not only to maintain the round shape, but also to control the doneness of the eggs, which you can’t do with egg rings in a larger pan.
Bacon and Egg Yaki Udon Recipe for Japanese Fried Udon Noodles for Weekend Eggs
Jammy Soft-Boiled Eggs on Sourdough with Dill Cream Cheese and Pickles
I was so chuffed to see this recipe for jammy soft-boiled eggs on sourdough with dill cream cheese and pickles land on this list of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024.
I created this recipe after sharing a recipe for slow fried eggs atop a creamy dill spread on toasted sourdough with crunchy gherkins, crisp radishes, drizzled with extra virgin olive oil, and sprinkled with paprika, cracked pepper and sea salt.
That was a dish I concocted that was inspired by the breakfast my Russian grandfather used to each every morning. But as delicious as it was, even if I do say so myself, it was a bit fancy, so I came up with this simpler version that could be prepped quickly and easily as a filling breakfast or brunch or afternoon snack to share.
Jammy Soft-Boiled Eggs on Sourdough with Dill Cream Cheese and Homemade Pickles
Fried Eggs with Chorizo and Potatoes Recipe for Basque Style ‘Messy Eggs’
This fried eggs with chorizo and potatoes recipe for Basque style ‘messy eggs’ makes the perfect weekend hangover cure that’s made for a late breakfast after a long night of pintxos bar-hopping in the old town of San Sebastián, one of our favourite summer destinations. It also makes a warming breakfast or brunch in winter.
As usual we’ve put a twist on a fairly traditional recipe by using baby potatoes instead of slices of potato. Slices can get soggy if not handled correctly and deep-frying potatoes pieces isn’t fun for a lazy weekend breakfast or brunch.
The reason we use baby potatoes is that they cook fast, are easy to handle, and you can leave the skins on to get a little crispy in the pan. Another twist to the traditional recipe is shallow frying the potatoes in the chorizo oil, because why wouldn’t you?
Because we generally only cook for two these days, we use a little single non-stick egg frying pan. It’s not just cute as hell, it will cook an egg with crusty whites and a soft yolk in about 45 seconds on full heat.
Fried Eggs with Chorizo and Potatoes Recipe for Basque Style ‘Messy Eggs’
Eggs in Purgatory Recipe from Calabria, Southern Italy
Our recipe for the Calabrian rendition of the old Southern Italian favourite from Naples called eggs in purgatory or uova al purgatorio makes a spicier version of the dish of soft poached eggs in a rich tomato sauce, and it’s another of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024.
The spice comes courtesy of fiery ’nduja, the spicy spreadable sausage from Spilinga in Italy’s southernmost province. In Calabria it’s also known as uova fra diavolo (eggs between the devil) and uova ca ’nduja (eggs with spicy Calabrian sausage).
Eggs in Purgatory Recipe from Southern Italy – The Calabrian Rendition of Eggs with Spicy Nduja
Thai Son-in-Law Eggs Recipe for Fried Boiled Eggs with Sweet Tamarind Sauce
Our Thai son-in-law eggs recipe for kai look keuy makes golden-brown fried soft-boiled eggs with an ever-so-slightly crispy skin. They’re drizzled in a sweet and sour homemade tamarind sauce (although you could be very generous with the sauce and drown the things in it if you like) and sprinkled with fresh coriander (cilantro), spicy dried chillies, and crunchy fried shallots and crunchy fried garlic.
You may need Terence’s guide to making perfect boiled eggs (link above), as the egg whites need to be firm enough not to break or fall apart, but we still want soft yolks, so around 5 1/2 to 6 minutes is perfect. It’s also important to use a high smoke point oil, such as rice bran oil as 190˚C is close to smoke point for some oils.
Note that the reason we’re deep-frying at such a high temperature is to make the surface of the eggs golden brown while keeping the yolks soft. You can eat these on their own as a light breakfast or snack, or as the Thais do with steamed rice to make a meal out of them.
This was one of the first eggs recipes we published when we re-launched the Weekend Eggs series at the start of the pandemic and it was another of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024.
Thai Son-in-Law Eggs Recipe for Fried Boiled Eggs with Sweet Tamarind Sauce
Full English Breakfast Recipe for a British Fry-Up
Our full English breakfast recipe makes a one-pan British fry-up for two or even three or four to share – although if famished you could certainly try tackling this on your own. A traditional English breakfast consists of a plate of fried eggs, baked beans, fried bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, sausages, and black pudding.
For our shakshouka-style take on the classic English fry-up each of the elements is fried or grilled first, then it all comes together in a Dutch oven, and is served at the table with plenty of toast and, if you like, sides of fried potatoes, bubble and squeak, and fried bread. It was another of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024. More Dutch oven recipes here.
Full English Breakfast Recipe for a One-Pan British Fry-Up for Two to Share
Traditional Scotch Eggs Recipe with a Thai Inspired Pad Kra Pao Twist
This traditional Scotch eggs recipe for the classic British picnic snack has a Thai-influenced twist inspired by the Thai stir-fry favourite, pad kra pao or pad gaprao, and it was another or our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024. Scotch eggs are traditionally made with a boiled egg wrapped in seasoned sausage meat, which is crumbed and deep-fried. Here I’ve added the flavours of pad kra pao to the minced pork.
While mass-produced Scotch eggs are still sold in supermarkets and service stations in the UK, the gastro-pub revolution saw the humble snack elevated to such an extent that Scotch eggs even graced the menus of Michelin-starred restaurants. Those posh Scotch eggs have long been a source of inspiration.
We’ve been a little obsessed with the popular Thai dish pad kra pao for many years, and given that it’s essentially seasoned minced meat that’s typically topped with a fried egg, it was the perfect candidate for this traditional Scotch eggs recipe with a Thai twist.
When Terence created this Thai-style Scotch eggs recipe many many years, there were no Thai Scotch eggs recipes on the internet, so I was delighted to see a MasterChef contestant make Thai-inspired Scotch eggs this year here in Australia, and then discover an array of Thai-flavoured Scotch eggs on the internet.
Traditional Scotch Eggs Recipe with a Thai Inspired Pad Kra Pao Twist
Eggs Potatoes and Chorizo Breakfast Skillet Recipe for a Twist on the American Country Skillet Breakfast
Next on the list of 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024 is this eggs potatoes and chorizo breakfast skillet recipe for our take on an American breakfast classic, the country skillet breakfast – or cowboy skillet breakfast or farmer’s skillet breakfast – cooked in a cast iron skillet.
Although there’s an infinite array of variations on the traditional breakfast skillet recipe – additions include anything from bell peppers to kidney beans – the essential ingredients of the classic skillet breakfast are eggs, potatoes, onions, cheese, and bacon or ham.
We prefer to make this hearty American breakfast with spicy chorizo sausage instead of bacon and ham, and specifically the soft Mexican chorizo rather than the harder Spanish-style chorizo.
Eggs Potatoes and Chorizo Breakfast Skillet Recipe for a Twist on a Classic American Breakfast
Breakfast Burrito Recipe with Scrambled Eggs, Shredded Chicken, Cheese and Pico de Gallo
Our best breakfast burrito recipe makes a burrito with scrambled eggs, shredded chicken, melted cheese, charred corn, and pico de gallo. While that might seem like a loaded breakfast burrito, it’s actually a light healthy breakfast burrito compared to most takeout breakfast burritos.
Which is why you need to make your own breakfast burritos at home. Our recipe makes a lighter breakfast burrito than most breakfast burritos you’ll come across, which tend to only exist as hangover cures – not that there’s anything wrong with that.
However, if you don’t want a too-filling burrito that’s not going to make you want to sit in front of the TV all day, this lighter, fresher breakfast burrito is for you. We love this breakfast burrito so we’re chuffed that this was another of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024.
Best Breakfast Burrito Recipe with Scrambled Eggs, Shredded Chicken, Cheese and Pico de Gallo
Indonesian Egg Curry Recipe for Telur Petis from Java
Our Indonesian egg curry recipe with fragrant lemongrass and funky shrimp paste for telur petis comes from the Indonesian island of Java although variations can be found right across the archipelago. It’s next on our list of the 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024 on Grantourismo.
This dish is called telur petis on Java where it originates. ‘Telur’ means ‘egg’ and ‘petis’ is the shrimp paste that adds a subtle funkiness to this spicy egg curry. Made from a freshly pounded spice paste with lemongrass stalks adding fragrance and flavour to the spicy gravy, we recommend using a mortar and pestle to pound the paste. It really doesn’t taste the same prepared in a blender.
If you enjoy this, you will also love the Padang style eggs recipe for gulai telur Pedang, a spicy coconut-based egg curry from Sumatra.
Scrambled Eggs with Sautéed Mushrooms on Sourdough Toast Recipe
This scrambled eggs with sautéed mushrooms on sourdough toast recipe is made for a late weekend breakfast cum lazy brunch dish and it was another of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024. Smoky sautéed mushrooms atop perfectly moist scrambled eggs and crusty sourdough bread make for a very satisfying combination. Especially enjoyed with a couple of glasses of a crisp Italian white.
If we were making these scrambled eggs with sautéed mushrooms after 11am on a Sunday, we probably would have popped a cork and enjoyed a couple of glasses of a nice crisp Pinot Grigio – which is what a treat mushroom scrambled eggs dish is. Of course, a little shaving of fresh black truffles would make this even more special.
For any eggs on an open ‘sandwich’, ie. one piece of bread, and in this case, sourdough toast, we always toast the sourdough on a griddle pan. Then we do the mushrooms head down on the griddle as well. The mushrooms will smoke a little, which is what we are after.
Scrambled Eggs with Sautéed Mushrooms on Sourdough Toast Recipe for Your Weekend Eggs
Tamago Kake Gohan Recipe for Japanese Egg on Rice or TKG for the KFC Generation
This tamago kake gohan recipe for Japanese egg on rice – or TKG for the KFC generation – makes a classic Japanese breakfast for egg lovers. This deliciously-simple breakfast egg dish of raw egg stirred into piping-hot steamed Japanese rice can be customised, served simply with soy sauce and sesame oil, or sprinkled with spring onions, sesame seeds, furikake, bonito flakes, or roasted seaweed.
If you’ve enjoyed our recipes for Japanese comfort food dishes, particularly the recipes for donburi or rice bowl dishes, such as oyakodon, the Japanese ‘chicken and egg’ rice bowl, and katsudon, the pork cutlet and egg rice bowl, then you’re going to love this tamago kake gohan recipe for Japanese egg on rice.
Do use Japanese rice if you can source it – if you can’t find it locally, you can buy it online – and definitely use a rice cooker to steam the rice, as you can fluff it up once cooked and leave it in the rice cooker so it stays hot. I find that two cups of Japanese white rice makes enough rice for two people – one cup of rice per person – and is the perfect amount for a traditional Japanese donburi bowl.
Tamago Kake Gohan Recipe for Japanese Egg on Rice or TKG for the KFC Generation
Japanese Rolled Omelette Recipe for Tamagoyaki for Your Tamago Sando
Another of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024, this Japanese rolled omelette recipe for tamagoyaki makes a soft, fluffy, rolled omelette that we love to eat between thick slices of Japanese bread to make a tamago sando or Japanese egg sandwich. Japanese rolled omelettes are eaten everywhere in Japan, from izakayas to high-end sushi restaurants, but home-cooked tamagoyaki is special.
Our best advice if you’re just starting on your tamagoyaki adventure is to buy a tamagoyaki pan. There are so many tamagoyaki pans out there that Amazon has a dedicated page explaining the types of Tamagoyaki pans on the market. We’re old-school and like the cast iron tamagoyaki pans with wooden handles.
We found a small tamagoyaki pan in our Japanese recycle shop here in Siem Reap that’s perfect for a one-person omelette measuring 10 cm wide x 15 cm long. It’s still listed on the Amazon Japan shop, but, really, it’s too small, even though we continue to use it.
If you’re buying your first Japanese rolled omelette pan, we recommend buying an entire tamagoyaki kit with a brush for the oil for the pan and – most importantly – a silicone spatula with which to roll the omelette. It makes a great Christmas gift for egg-lovers!
This Japanese Rolled Omelette Recipe Makes Tamagoyaki for Your Tamago Sando
Tonkatsu Fried Rice with Onsen Eggs Recipe for a Rice Leftovers Dish You’ll Want to Plan
This tonkatsu fried rice with onsen eggs recipe combines a few of the things we love – fried rice, eggs and tonkatsu, the succulent Japanese pork cutlet breaded in panko crumbs and deep-fried. Like the original Chinese fried rice it’s the delicious result of leftovers and experimentation, and it was another of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024.
The biggest change to the classic fried rice recipe is the use of tonkatsu sauce instead of the traditional blend of light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sesame oil. I decided that why not go all in on the tonkatsu theme and use the homemade tonkatsu sauce, which is a blend of ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, light soy sauce, mirin, sugar, Dijon mustard, and garlic powder.
If you make fried rice often and don’t yet have a carbon steel wok, it should be your next investment. Once seasoned, the wok heats fast and has great heat distribution, so when it’s on really high you get that lovely smoky aroma in your final dish. You’ll need this tonkatsu recipe to make your tonkatsu and tonkatsu sauce first.
Tonkatsu Fried Rice with Onsen Eggs Recipe for a Rice Leftovers Dish You’ll Want to Plan
Turkish Poached Eggs Recipe with Garlic Yoghurt and Chilli Oil for Cilbir
This Turkish poached eggs recipe makes cilbir – more correctly çılbır, pronounced ‘chil-bir’ – a delicious Turkish brunch dish of runny eggs immersed in creamy garlic yoghurt, drizzled with buttery chilli oil, and garnished with fragrant fresh dill. A favourite of Ottoman sultans, çılbır can be eaten for breakfast, lunch or a snack, and it was another one of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024.
If you enjoyed our Turkish scrambled eggs recipe for menemen, you’re going to love this Turkish poached eggs recipe for cilbir or çılbır – runny poached eggs in garlic yoghurt, doused in chilli butter oil, and sprinkled with aromatic fresh dill. Dunk some toasted sourdough in the eggs and you’re in breakfast heaven.
Some çılbır recipes call for garlic cloves but we prefer to stir through garlic powder. In Turkey, pul biber is used, which is similar to Aleppo pepper. As we can’t get either, we use chilli flakes but smoked paprika, sumac or even Korean gochugaru would work. We also add homemade chilli oil, but you could use a Sichuan-style chilli oil. This chilli-infused olive oil would also be wonderful.
Turkish Poached Eggs Recipe with Garlic Yoghurt and Chilli Oil for Cilbir
Easy Breakfast Tostadas Recipe with Fried Eggs, Refried Beans and Pickles
Fried eggs make everything better. There are few better recipes that testify to this than this easy breakfast tostadas recipe with fried eggs for crispy Mexican tostadas, one of the best Mexican egg breakfasts, and another of our 24 most popular egg recipes of 2024.
The crispy tostadas are topped with spiced refried beans, soft fried eggs with runny yolks, homemade pickles, salsa, chillies or jalapeños, Mexican cotija, and sprigs of fresh coriander or cilantro to our American readers.
If you need convincing of the comforting effects of fried eggs, see this post on nine types of dishes that are better with a fried egg on top, from rice porridges or congees and steamed rice and stir-fries to fried rice and fried noodles, and chilaquiles, nachos, tacos and tostadas, to banh mi and potatoes. Any kind of potatoes.
A fried egg, especially a fried egg with a runny yolk, adds richness, creaminess and texture to any dish. It also transforms a lunch or dinner dish into breakfast or brunch, whether its tostadas, tacos or nachos, and it can even make a dish such as a salad seem comforting. This breakfast salad is a fantastic example of that.
Easy Breakfast Tostadas Recipe with Fried Eggs, Refried Beans and Pickles
Okonomiyaki Recipe for a Japanese Cabbage Pancake and Okonomiyaki Sauce Recipe
One of our favourite cabbage recipes, this classic okonomiyaki recipe makes the umami-packed Japanese cabbage pancakes that are completely addictive, so it was no surprise that these plump savoury pancakes landed on our list of 24 most popular egg recipes of 2024.
Served at teppanyaki restaurants where they’re made old-school style on the teppanyaki grill, you’ll also spot them on menus at Japanese izakayas, casual taverns where the food is served to soak up the booze, where, while heartier, they’re presented with more finesse.
When it comes to garnishing, anything goes in Japan, but the essentials are the okonomiyaki sauce (a seemingly simplified tonkatsu sauce), Kewpie mayonnaise, nori (dried seaweed), furikake Japanese seasoning and bonito flakes.
Okonomiyaki Recipe for Japanese Cabbage Pancakes for Umami Lovers + Okonomiyaki Sauce Recipe
Please do let us know in the comments below if you make any of our 24 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes of 2024 as we’d love to know how they turn out for you.
