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· September 8, 2021

Hong Kong Style French Toast (Sai Do Si)

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This Hong Kong style layered french toast stuffed with peanut butter is the best tea time snack or breakfast. Traditionally the milky egg batter french toast is deep fried then drizzled with condensed milk or pancake syrup.

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Hong Kong Style French Toast stuffed with peanut butter

Hong Kong Style French Toast Recipe

Have you ever tried Hong Kong Style French Toast? It’s this mouthwatering big square block of layered bread interspersed with a spread of your choice (the most popular one being peanut butter), then dipped in egg before frying. Adding to the sinfulness of the dessert, you can drizzle on some syrup of your choice, or even condensed milk!

Hong Kong Style French Toast (Sai Do Si) is an Asian fusion to the classic breakfast indulgence. You can say that it’s one of the more popular dishes of Hong Kong cafés. These cafés are known as Cha Chaan Teng, which is Cantonese for “Tea restaurant”.

I first came across this french toast in one of the cafés back in Malaysia, and it easily changed my life. How can something so simple be so delicious?

Hong Kong Style French Toast stuffed with peanut butter

Ingredients You’ll Need

(For full ingredient measurements, please proceed to the recipe card below.)

  • Bread: Use milk bread if you can find it otherwise, plain white bread is fine too.
  • Peanut butter: Traditionally, peanut butter is used but you can be creative and add whatever you want!
  • Egg
  • Milk
  • A pinch of salt
  • Oil 
  • Your choice of sweetener: Such as pancake syrup, condensed milk, or honey.
  • Butter

How To Make Hong Kong Style French Toast

  1. Spread a layer of peanut butter on 2 of the 3 slices of bread and sandwich them together.
  2. Make the milky egg wash by mixing the egg, milk and salt in a bowl.
  3. Dip the bread in the egg wash for a few seconds on each side and set aside for 5 minutes.
  4. Heat up oil over medium heat and once it’s hot enough, shallow fry the crust of the bread for 30-60 seconds on each side before frying the rest.
  5. Once all the sides are golden brown, remove from the pan and serve on a plate.
  6. Drizzle your favorite sweetener and add butter on top. Enjoy!

Notes for Hong Kong Style French Toast

  • Frying: Normally, the french toast is deep fried after coating it in egg. But I pan fried mine to make it simpler. Feel free to choose whichever method that you’d like to try.
  • Spread options: Peanut butter is the most popular one. But you can substitute it with different ones! Nutella, Biscoff, Kaya jam. Whatever floats your boat!
  • Topping options: I drizzled syrup on one, and condensed milk on the other. You can switch it up with whatever you’d like. Popular options are maple syrup, butter, or honey.

More dessert options:

  • Decadent Caramel Custard
  • Easy Lazy Banana Coffee Cake
  • Jemput-Jemput Pisang/Cekodok (Deep Fried Banana Balls)
  • Malaysian Homemade Ice Cream (Frozen Hot Chocolate)

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Hong Kong Style French Toast stuffed with peanut butter

Hong Kong Style French Toast (Sai Do Si)

This Hong Kong Style layered french toast stuffed with peanut butter is the best tea time snack or breakfast. Traditionally the milky egg batter french toast is deep fried then drizzled with condensed milk or pancake syrup.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 20 mins
Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Dessert, Main Course, Side Dish, Snack
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

  • 3 slices bread see notes
  • peanut butter see notes
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • A pinch of salt
  • 4 tbsp oil see notes
  • your choice of sweetener pancake syrup, condensed milk, honey
  • butter

Instructions
 

  • Spread a layer of peanut butter on 2 of the 3 slices of bread and sandwich them together.
  • Make the milky egg wash by mixing the egg, milk and salt in a bowl.
  • Dip the bread in the egg wash for a few seconds on each side and set aside for 5 minutes.
  • Heat up oil over medium heat and once it's hot enough, shallow fry the crust of the bread for 30-60 seconds on each side before frying the rest.
  • Once all the sides are golden brown, remove from the pan and serve on a plate.
  • Drizzle your favorite sweetener and add butter on top. Enjoy!

Notes

*Use milk bread if you can find it otherwise, plain white bread is fine too.
*Traditionally, peanut butter is used but you can be creative and add whatever you want!
*I shallow fried this french toast. Traditionally, the french toast is deep fried. It is up to your preference!
Keyword culture, dessert, easy, foolproof, french toast, quick
Did you try this recipe?I would love to know how it went! Please leave a rating, comment down below, or tag me on Instagram @FarahJEats.

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