Vegan Fried Eggs

3 fried egg lookalike with white and yolk part on a black plate sprinkled with green spring onion rings.

This is the easiest Fried Vegan Eggs you can make. They look like real fried eggs, and they taste delicious. The best part is that you need only 5 ingredients and 10 minutes tops. There is no soy or gluten as well, so quite allergy-friendly if you ask me. So what are you waiting for? Have some for breakfast.

Course Breakfast, Side Dish

Cuisine Dairy-free, Egg-free, Gluten-free, International, Soy-free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Keyword vegan eggs, vegan fried eggs, vegan sunny side up

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Total Time 10

Servings eggs

Calories 137kcal

Author Emese Maczko

Equipment

Ingredients

½ cup Full-fat coconut cream (canned)
3 Tbsp Tapioca starch
2 Tbsp White rice flour for vegan egg white
2 tsp White rice flour for vegan egg yolk
½ tsp Black salt
½ tsp Turmeric

Optional spices

Black pepper
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Hot chili powder or flakes

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Vegan egg white

Take a mixing bowl and add ½ cup full-fat canned coconut milk (shaken), 2 Tbsp white rice flour, 3 Tbsp tapioca starch and ½ tsp black salt in a bowl. Mix well with a whisk.

Vegan egg yolk

Take 4 Tbsp of the vegan egg white batter and add extra 2 tsp white rice flour and ½ tsp turmeric for color.

Fried vegan eggs

Pre-heat a non-stick frying pan or a well-oiled cast iron skillet to low/medium heat.
Pour less than ¼ cup of egg white mixture. Place 1 Tbsp of the egg yolk mixture in the middle.
Cover it with a lid and cook for 3-4 minutes. It will be cooked with the lid on all the way through. You can flip it over if you feel like it or if you used to do that with real eggs, although it may lose its egg-y look as they will brown up a bit.

Notes

What can you expect if you make this recipe?

LOOK - They look like any sunny-side up eggs, although the egg yolk part will not be runny.
TASTE - The not-so-secret ingredient to an egg-like taste is BLACK SALT aka Kala Namak. You can read more about what black salt is here. When you open the packaging, the eggy smell will hit you right away. If you haven't tried it yet, it is a must if you want the right taste. You need the full-fat coconut cream for texture, and while the spices are optional, the more you add, the less you can taste the coconut.
TEXTURE - Getting the texture right is usually the hardest if you want to veganize any recipes. I have to say this vegan fried eggs recipe is close, but nonetheless not the same. Eggs have a kind of fatty texture which the full-fat coconut cream helps to mimic to some extent. The tapioca starch is also there to mimic the gooey-ness of the egg yolk and the whites. However, it will not fool anyone who compares them to real eggs. You certainly need to be open to any difference in texture.

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