serves
2
prep
10 minutes
cook
10 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
2
people
preparation
10
minutes
cooking
10
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
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Tathra, Tallangatta & Kingscote
episode • Adam Liaw's Road Trip For Good • documentary • 24m
PG
episode • Adam Liaw's Road Trip For Good • documentary • 24m
PG
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp lard or vegetable oil (see note)
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- salt, to season
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 12 Tathra oysters, freshly shucked
- 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- salt, to season
- a handful of garlic chives or thin spring onions, cut into 5 cm lengths
Chilli sauce
- 3 bird's eye chillies
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 cm piece ginger
- 60 ml (¼ cup) white vinegar
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
Batter
- ¼ cup sweet potato starch
- 1 tbsp rice flour
- 100 ml cold water
Instructions
1. For the chilli sauce, blend the ingredients together until a paste forms. Taste and adjust for seasoning. Set aside until ready to serve.
2. For the batter, place all the ingredients into a bowl and whisk until well combined.
3. Heat a large frying pan over high heat and add the lard or oil. Add the batter and fry for a few seconds. Pour the eggs on top and fry for another 1-2 minutes or until the egg begins to set. Break up the eggs and batter and mix together. Move the mixture to one side of the pan and add a little extra lard or oil to the open side of the pan if needed. Add the garlic and fry until fragrant. Add the oysters and fry for just a few seconds. Add the Shaoxing wine, fish sauce, salt and garlic chives and toss together with the omelette. Remove from the pan and serve with the chilli sauce.
Note
• I like to render my own lard from a piece of pork fat and then sprinkle the crispy remains over the top of the omelette. To do this, finely chop the lard and cook over low-medium heat until most of the fat has rendered and all that remains are the lovely crispy bits.
Adam Liaw visits bushfire-affected communities and creates dishes using their local produce in Adam Liaw's Road Trip for Good.
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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