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Kaya toast
Toast with coconut jam
Kaya toast set: charcoal-style toast with kaya, butter and soft-boiled eggs
The kaya toast set is Singapore's breakfast ritual: thin, crisp toast sandwiched with kaya and a cold slab of butter, served with two runny soft-boiled eggs seasoned at the table with dark soy and white pepper, and a cup of kopi. Office workers eat it at kopitiams in Tiong Bahru and Tanjong Pagar before work; children love dunking the toast in the eggs. Chef's tip: put the eggs in water that's just off the boil for exactly 6–7 minutes; the whites should be barely set and wobbly, the yolks completely runny.
- Total time
- 15 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 2
Ingredients
- 4 eggsat room temperature
- 4 slices white sandwich bread
- 4 tbsp kaya
- 1 oz cold salted buttercut into thin slabs
- 2 tsp dark soy sauce
- 1 pinch ground white pepper
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Method
0/4 doneStep 1: Bring a small pan of water to a boil, take it off the heat and gently lower in 4 eggs. Cover and leave for 6–7 minutes.
7 minStep 2: Meanwhile toast 4 slices white sandwich bread until crisp and deep golden. Trim off the crusts, then slice each piece through the middle horizontally to make two thin slices; toast the soft cut sides again briefly.
4 minStep 3: Spread 4 tbsp kaya on half the thin toast slices, lay slabs of 1 oz cold salted butter on top and close with the other slices. A common mistake is spreading softened butter; it should be cold and in slabs, so you bite through crisp toast, cold butter and sweet kaya at once.
Step 4: Crack the eggs into small bowls; the whites should be just set and loose. Season with 2 tsp dark soy sauce and 1 pinch ground white pepper, stir and dip the toast in.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 430 kcal
- Protein
- 16 g
- Carbs
- 42 g
- Fat
- 22 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does kaya toast take?
- About 15 minutes in total: 5 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 2 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of eggs?
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed + 3 tbsp water per egg, left for 5 minutes (baking only; vegan).
- What can I use instead of cold salted butter?
- The same weight of ghee or coconut oil (for frying and most baking).
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