HK French toast
HK French toast

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, hk french toast. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

HK French toast is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. HK French toast is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

The classic Hong Kong-style french toast combines thick-sliced white bread, eggs, and kaya coconut jam, all deep fried and topped with an indulgent amount of butter and sweetened condensed milk. The result is a sweet french toast that's crispy on the outside, while remaining soft and chewy on the inside. Here's the genuine article from Si Yik near Hong Kong's Stanley Market.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook hk french toast using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make HK French toast:
  1. Prepare 2 slices bread
  2. Take Peanut butter
  3. Make ready 1 egg
  4. Make ready Vegetable oil
  5. Make ready Knob butter
  6. Take Golden syrup

It is also topped with a chunk of butter and condensed milk, giving a surprisingly delicious savory-slash-sweet taste.. Western toast, or Hong Kong French toast, is one of the most popular items on cha chaan teng or Hong Kong tea house menus. Peanut butter or fruit jam " and sometimes ham and cheese " is sandwiched between fluffy slices of white bread, deep-fried and smothered in butter and syrup. Much like the humble egg sandwich and char siu rice, Hong Kong-style French toast is a staple of local cuisine.

Steps to make HK French toast:
  1. Cut off the crust (optional). My nephews like the crust off.
  2. Spread peanut butter onto both slices of bread and put them together
  3. Whisk the eggs in a deep plate or flat bowl. Add a pinch of salt.
  4. Add a generous amount of oil in a frying pan to shallow fry at about 160-180 degrees.
  5. Dip the bread into the egg and cover it completely.
  6. Shallow fry the eggy bread, turning over every 20 seconds or so until it’s nice and golden brown. Alternatively, you can deep fry the eggy bread. It does end up fluffier.
  7. Place on a disposable kitchen towel to soak up some oil then transfer to a plate.
  8. Add a knob of butter and drizzle on some golden syrup and it‘s complete. Enjoy!

The classic dish features two slices of bread deep fried and served covered in butter. Transfer onto a serving plate and place a slice of butter on the center. Drizzle your favourite syrup over the French toast and add ice-cream (optional) on top. In Hong Kong you can find this dish in the teahouses that are scattered all over the city but it's dangerously easy to recreate at home too. Made with brioche buns, peanut butter, plum jam and condensed milk, this take on French toast makes for a super indulgent brunch, snack or dessert.

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