Dinner · 20 min · Amounts not specified
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Cold vegetables, a peanut sauce that tastes like lime and salt. Eggs halved. Don't warm the sauce into glue.
The sheet · 4 bowls · 20 min
easyWhy tonight. Cold vegetables, a peanut sauce that tastes like lime and salt. Eggs halved. Don't warm the sauce into glue.
What it needs
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- cabbage
- peanut butter
- lime
- eggs
- cucumber
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: soy sauce.
Method
- Every vegetable cooked or dressed separately and arranged, never tossed. It is a composed plate with a sauce.
- Peanut sauce loosened with hot water first, then lime, soy and garlic whisked in.
- Blanch the cabbage briefly and shock it cold so it keeps some snap.
- Eggs nine minutes and into cold water. Sauce poured over at the table so nothing goes soft waiting.
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- Eggs and custardEggs Part 2 | Basics with BabishBinging with BabishOmelets and poaching, with the failure modes shown rather than described.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardScrambled Egg Omelet - Food WishesFood WishesScramble against omelet on the same stove, which makes the heat-and-stirring tradeoff visible.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardTruly Foolproof Poached EggsJ. Kenji López-AltPoaching without the wispy strands. The trick is what happens before the egg reaches the water.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- cabbage
- Cheap, keeps for weeks, and completely different raw and cooked.
- peanut butter
- Fat, salt and body all at once, which is why it thickens a sauce as it flavors it.
- lime
- Sharper and more floral than lemon, and it fades faster — juice it the same hour you use it.
- eggs
- The cheapest way to turn a side dish into dinner.
- cucumber
- Water and crunch, which is a real job in a rich dish.
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