You must try the Vietnamese omelette recipe if you are looking for healthy, quick, and easy egg recipes. Vietnamese egg omelette is a light, crispy exterior and a soft interior with a unique blend of buttery garlic and fish sauce that tastes amazing! This low-calorie omelette is the ultimate healthy option for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner!
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About the recipe
Vietnamese omelette is a staple of Vietnamese cuisine and is a popular breakfast dish in Vietnam. It is also known as trứng chiên in Vietnamese.
Who does not love egg recipes? It is such a versatile food containing high-quality protein, healthy fats, vitamins, and minerals that you can use it as boiled, fried, steamed, scrambled, baked, etc., Endless options!! Also, being handy and having ease of their preparations always make them all-time-favorite.
This Vietnamese-style omelette is a pan-fried dish prepared with eggs, vegetables, and fish sauce. Fish sauce is the key ingredient of this Vietnamese omelette that makes this omelette unique in terms of flavour and depth.
It is a delicious buttery garlicky-flavored egg omelet, you can enjoy with steamed rice and veggies. There are several reasons to love this easy trung chien recipe:
- You can have it any time of the day.
- High protein and low-calorie recipe that is so satisfying and filling.
- You can easily prepare it with any leftovers.
- Perfect for busy or lazy days.
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Ingredients for Vietnamese omelette
To make a Vietnamese omelette recipe, you need the following items:
- Eggs: I use brown eggs to make this delicious omelette. Use any.
- Onion: I use white onions for this recipe. Use any.
- Spring onions: It gives flavor and depth to the omelette.
- Garlic: Use fresh garlic for the best flavor.
- Fish sauce: It provides a sweet, salty, umami flavor to this Vietnamese egg dish.
- Butter: Optional. It brings richness to the omelette.
- Cilantro: Optional. For garnishing.
- Salt
See the recipe card for quantities.
How to make Vietnamese omelette?
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Step-1
- Combine eggs, onion, spring onion, fish sauce, and salt in a bowl.
- Whisk well until light and frothy (image below).
Step-2
- Heat the butter in a non-stick frying pan over low heat until the butter has melted.
- Fry garlic until slightly golden (image below).
Step-3
- Pour the egg mixture into the pan. Cook for a minute on low heat.
- Add cilantro on top. (optional)
- Once the bottom side of the omelette is cooked, flip it gently.
- Cook for a minute or less. (image below)
Transfer the omelette to the plate lifting it gently with a rubber spatula. Serve this delicious Vietnamese omelette fish sauce immediately!!
Substitutions
- Not to worry, if you don’t have fish sauce, though it is the key ingredient for most Vietnamese dishes. You can use soy sauce or a mix of soy sauce and lemon juice.
- You can replace cilantro with parsley, basil leaves, and dill, whatever you like.
Variations
- Experiment with the omelette flavor; try a blend of chicken and duck eggs.
- Add milk to make the omelette creamier.
- Use diced ham, minced meat or shrimp for a meatier omelette.
- Add green chilies, chili paste or sriracha for a spicy kick.
- Top the omelet with cheese, minced meat, leafy salads, etc., and fold it in half to make a taco omelette.
Storage
- The best is to consume it the same day you prepare it.
- Making an omelet does not take much time, so prepare it fresh whenever you want.
- Keep the leftovers in the fridge
- Do not store it for over 24 hrs.
Tips
- Use a non-stick frying pan to make this omelette to prevent it from sticking to the bottom.
- Beat the egg mixture thoroughly for a smooth and fluffy texture.
- Frying garlic is not mandatory, but it masks the raw flavor.
- Butter provides a rich taste to the omelette, so better to add it.
- Cook the eggs on low heat, as they take less time to cook.
- Flip the egg mixture into the pan only when the bottom of the mixture turns slightly brown and cooked.
- Use the rubber spatula to lift the omelette.
- Add salt carefully, as fish sauce is also salty.
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Vietnamese Omelette Recipe
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Equipment
- pan
Ingredients
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Onion
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 1 teaspoon Fish sauce
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 Spring onion
- Cilantro (optional)
- 1 teaspoon Butter (optional)
Instructions
- Chop onion and spring onions, and garlic.
- Combine all the ingredients except butter, garlic, and cilantro in a bowl.
- Wisk the egg mixture well.
- Heat butter in a non-stick pan.
- Fry garlic until slightly golden.
- Pour egg mixture and cook for a minute on low heat.
- Add fresh cilantro leaves and flip the omelette.
- Turn off the heat and cook for a minute
- Transfer to a plate, garnish and serve immediately.
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Notes
- Add salt carefully, as fish sauce is also salty.
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Anny says
Vietnamese omelete came out so good! It is our favourite recipe for a quick snack whenevr I don't want to spend hours for cooking!
Katie says
What a perfect omelette recipe! Full of flavor and the directions were super helpful!
Radha says
This is a great and nutritious meal to start the day!
Judith says
This is a great omelette idea and a change from my usual ingredients. Definitely worth trying!
Jazzmin says
This Vietnamese omelette looks so good. That blend of buttery garlic with fish sauce sounds so flavourful! I can't wait to try this recipe!
Anna says
I often cool omelette for breakfast. This recipe really good 👍🏼
April says
While I was hesitant to try this due to the fish sauce, it was absolutely delicious! The fish sauce adds just a perfect flavor that you don't know you're missing in an omelette! I'll be making this again....and again!