It’s a bold statement, but wait until you try this. I just tried it last night for the first time, but I can see it quickly becoming a staple around here.
A couple weeks ago, my friend Stewart told me about a recipe he’d stumbled upon in the recent food issue of The New Yorker magazine. The method, described by Chang-Rae Lee, looked both simple and interesting enough to make after a double shift at work, a time when I historically will either order takeout or make myself a PB & J and call it a day. 
I had all of the ingredients on hand, so last night at 10:15, I set to work.
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SESAME-COOKED EGGS OVER RICE
Adapted from Chang-Rae Lee
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- sesame oil
- sweet chili sauce
- soy sauce
- cooked rice (I happened to have seasoned sushi rice on hand and this worked fabulously)
Heat a drizzle of sesame oil over medium-low heat, about two teaspoons.
Add eggs.
Drizzle in a bit of soy sauce and a little chili sauce; this is really to your taste, but I used about a tablespoon of soy and a teaspoon of chili sauce.
Flip eggs, and break the yolks. I prefer my eggs over hard, so I let them cook through completely.
Turn onto prepared rice, and serve with your side dish of choice. (Pictured here: steamed Brussels sprouts tossed with a honey/mustard/balsamic vinaigrette.)
Eat slowly. Savor. Relax.
This looks like an amazing quick meal! I love eggs and anything with a spicy Asian zing!!
love love love love love love love!
your friend is genius for spotting this and giving you the heads up and i’m so happy you shared! i’m not sure what chili sauce is though haha is that just hot sauce?
hope you had a fab weekend girl! relaaaax now!
Looks very tasty, I love sesame oil and sweet chilli sauce in fact I’ve just made up a salad dressing for my lunch tomorrow using that combo!
um yum! i’m totally sharing that on my FB as a reminder i need to make this!
MMM that looks amazing!
Ummmm, YUM. I love finding new ways to cook staples like eggs!
I’m totally making that for lunch today.
Oh, my, gosh. Yum
I love eggs!
That does look absolutely delicious! I’m down for trying anything with eggs.
Looks delicious! I love everything on that plate!
that looks delicious! I haven’t bought eggs in a while but have been craving them lately – I must try that!
oh my gosh yum! I’m so for trying this! I wish I had all the ingredients on hand now. I am a huge eggs for dinner fan.
Sounds delicious! I’m so amazed the things you can do with eggs these days. Who makes scrambled eggs anymore? LoL
this looks so easy and tasty! this is definitely something that I’ll try to get my out of my current food rut.
i am such a slut for eggs. no joke i eat like 6 a week probably haha. just such nutritional powerhouses!
Yum, looks delish! Have you ever had omurice?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omurice
What a great idea! I love sesame oil
LOVE this idea!!
Love and really easy to make. It let me think about my mom’s usual cooking when I was a child. I almost forgot it’s my comfort food.Thanks for sharing.
That recipe looks great! I’m going to try this very soon!
it always amazes me what kind of awesome looking meals you manage to throw together in a pinch!
xo.
JUST made this! Thank you Katie! It was awesome
This is one on my favorite breakfasts, and the article it came from was damned good too. I love the sweet, salty, spicy, umami flavors.
Did you try it with seaweed? I had to use some sushi nori whirled up in a clean spice grinder. It was the crowning touch, really!