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Egg Foo Young

Prep Time
5 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
15 min
Cook Temp
0
Servings
1
Calories
738
Egg Foo Young

Ingredients

  • 5 eggs
  • ▢100 g ground pork ,(or chicken, ham, turkey, beef)
  • ▢100 g shrimp ,peeled and deveined
  • ▢3 scallions or green onions ,sliced
  • ▢2 bowls bean sprouts
  • ▢1 teaspoon cornstarch
  • EGG FOO YOUNG GRAVY:
  • ▢1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • ▢1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • ▢1/2 tablespoon fish sauce
  • ▢1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • ▢200 ml chicken bone broth or water,

Instructions

  1. Wash the bean sprouts and remove the root.
  2. Peel and devein the shrimp. How to do it, you can refer to Chinese Shrimp With Lobster Sauce.
  3. Prepare a pot of water and let it boil. Add the bean sprouts and drain them on a plate after 1 minute. Set aside.
  4. Add the shrimp to the pot and drain them on a plate after 1 minute. Set aside.
  5. Heat the pan on medium heat and fry the ground pork in it until it's brown and smells good. Don't stir until the bottom is brown.
  6. EGG FOO YOUNG GRAVY:
  7. Put soy sauce, oyster sauce, black pepper, water and fish sauce in a pot. Let it boil and then add cornstarch water to thicken the sauce. Pour it in while stirring and take it off the heat after 1 minute.
  8. CHINESE OMELETTE:
  9. Whisk the eggs, a teaspoon of oil and cornstarch in a bowl and add the scallions, shrimp and ground meat to the bowl. Mix them well with the egg.
  10. Heat the pan over medium heat and pour in the oil. Pour in the egg and add the bean sprouts. Turn the heat down to low and cover the lid.
  11. Fry them until the underside is lightly golden (about 1 1/2 minutes), then fold half of the eggs into a crescent with a spatula.
  12. After 1 minute, flip the omelet to the other side and cover the lid for another minute. (Note 7)
  13. Transfer the omelet to a plate, drizzle with gravy and sprinkle with scallions.
  14. Ready to serve.