Egg Fu Yong Chinese Omelette Food

EGG FOO YOUNG

Steps:

• Crack 6 eggs into a large bowl.
• Clean barbeque pork into thin slices.
• Blanch the bamboo shoot in hot water for half a minute. Remove and cut it into thin slices.
• Add the barbeque pork, chopped onions, slices of mushrooms, bamboo shoot, bean sprouts, salt, light soy sauce, sesame oil and cornstarch into the whisked eggs. Mix well.
• Heat up some vegetable oil in the wok. When it starts to become smoky. Remove the excess oil from the wok. The wok is now coated with a ten layer of hot oil.
• While the wok is still hot, pour the egg mixture into the center. The edge of the egg will immediately bubble and puff up.
• Once the edge is puffed up, reduce the heat to medium or low and like it undisturbed until the bottom is set. You can swirl the egg around in the wok.
• Cook bottom side of the egg pancake until golden brown. Tuen the egg over and cook the other side. When it tun aromatic and golden brown, remove and place it on a chopping board.
• Cut the egg into wedges (much like pizza). Dish out and serve.
• If you prefer to serve it with the sauce, just put all the ingredients in B in a pot, bring it to a boil.

EGG FOO YOUNG (CHINESE OMELETTE)

Steps:

• Mix cornflour and soy sauce. Then add remaining ingredients.
• Pour into a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to simmer, stirring constantly. Simmer for 1 minute until sauce thickens to thin syrup consistency. Remove from stove, set aside.
• MICROWAVE option: Microwave on high for 1 1/2 minutes. Stir very well, microwave for another 1 1/2 minutes until thickened. Mix well again.
• Place pork in a bowl, add remaining ingredients. Use fork to mix through.
• Whisk eggs in a bowl.
• Add beansprouts, green onions, pork or prawns, salt and pepper. If using pork, crumble the raw pork in with fingers (see video). Mix through.
• Heat 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil and drizzle of sesame oil in a non stick skillet over medium heat. Add a bit of garlic and quickly saute (10 seconds) and push into centre of skillet.
• Ladle in 1/4 of batter. Use spatular to push edges in to form a round(ish) shape.
• Cook until the underside is light golden (about 1 1/2 minutes) then flip and cook the other side for 1 minute. The raw meat will cook through in this time. Repeat with remaining egg to make 4 omelettes (use 2 pans if you can!).
• Slide omelette onto plate. Pour over sauce. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and green onions, if using.
• Serve with a side of rice and steamed vegetables of choice. Double the sauce if you want enough to pour over the rice and veggies! (Click on Servings to scale recipe up).

EGG FOO YUNG

Steps:

• Mix eggs, vegetables, meat and soy.
• Heat 2 tsp oil in a 4-6 inch skillet over moderate heat for 30 seconds.
• Add 1/3 cup egg mixture and fry as you would a pancake until lightly browned on the bottom, turn over and brown flip side.
• Keep warm (but do not stack), while you fry remaining pancakes, adding more oil if needed and stirring egg mixture before adding to pan.
• Foo Yung Sauce: In a pan, heat broth, soy, sugar and vinegar.
• In a bowl, blend cornstarch and water.
• Add to sauce and cook, stirring, until sauce bubbles and thickens.
• Serve with hot Egg Foo Yung.

EGG FU YONG (CHINESE OMELETTE)

Steps:

• Whisk together all the ingredients except the oils and the spring onion.
• Heat a non-stick frying pan and pour in the vegetable oil.
• Once the oil is hot, pour in the egg mixture and cook on moderate heat.
• When the surface begins to cook, drizzle sesame oil around the omlette.
• Flip and repeat for the other side.
• Cut into four pieces and garnish with chopped spring onion.
• Serve hot.