Hong Kong Style French Toast

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Hong Kong Style French Toast is a Cha Chaan Teng classic, which you can easily at home in less than 10 minutes!

Prep Time 2

Cook Time 3

Course Afternoon Tea, Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine Cantonese

Servings 1 French Toast

Using 4 regular sliced bread: Spread peanut butter onto 3 slices of bread and stack them up. Top with the final slice that doesn't have peanut butter on it.
Using 2 slices of thick bread: Spread peanut butter onto both slices of bread and put them together like a sandwich.
4 slices White Bread, Peanut Butter
Trim the bread to remove the edges.
In a shallow bowl, whisk eggs with milk until combined.
2 Eggs, 2 tbsp Milk
Heat the pan over medium heat and fill it with a shallow layer of oil.
Vegetable Oil / Peanut Oil / Sunflower Seed Oil
Once the oil is hot enough (bubbles should form if you insert a wooden chopstick to test the temperature), lower the heat to medium-low.
Carefully add the bread Fry the bread until golden on each side.
Serve hot with a pat of butter on top and drizzle with condensed milk and/or syrup.
Butter, Condensed Milk, Maple/Golden Syrup

If you are slicing the bread yourself, cut them to around 1 inch thick. You can also just use regular ready-sliced bread, which can be stacked together to make up for the thickness.
Bread that is at least a day old is best for making french toasts. When the bread is slightly stale, it’s a little sturdier to soak up the eggs & milk and prevents the french toast from getting too soggy.
Full-fat milk is preferred when making french toast as the fat content in the milk helps to yield a creamy mouthfeel on the inside. Skimmed milk tends to stay more liquid-y, hence more likely to make the bread soggier.
Spread the peanut butter before trimming the bread in order to get the perfect square.
Don’t fancy peanut butter? You can simply substitute it with any other spread you like!
To prevent the french toast from getting soggy, only soak the bread for about 15-20 seconds on each side.
Make sure the oil is hot enough before adding the french toast but keep the temperature at a medium-low to prevent it from burning too quickly.

Keyword French Toast