Egg foo young
Egg foo young, from above
Non vegUnited States

Egg foo young

Puffy egg pancakes full of bean sprouts and ham, drowned in brown gravy. Old school takeout royalty.

25 minTime
22 gProtein each
mildSpice
Chop suey era classic2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayEgg pancakes with bean sprouts and ham, in brown gravy.
The original
366kcalsame
22 gproteinsame
1 gfibresame
25minutessame

Egg foo young.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Egg8
Moong sprouts (mung bean sprouts)bean sprouts
Onion1 small, thinly sliced
Spring onion (green onion, scallion)3, sliced
Cooked hamdiced, or char siu
Button mushroomsliced
Soy sauce1½ tbsp, divided
Salta pinch
White peppera pinch
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying
Chicken stock (chicken broth)1¼ cups
Oyster sauce1 tbsp
Cornflour (cornstarch)1 tbsp
Sugar½ tsp

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Beat the eggs with salt, pepper and 1 tsp soy, then fold in sprouts, onion, half the spring onion, ham and mushroom.
  2. 2Heat 1 cm oil in a wok and ladle in about 1/2 cup of mixture at a time. Fry 2 minutes a side.
  3. 3For the gravy, simmer stock, remaining soy, oyster sauce and sugar, then thicken with cornflour mixed in water.
  4. 4Stack the pancakes, pour gravy over and scatter spring onion.
Serve it like this

Stack two or three pancakes on a plate, ladle gravy over and serve with steamed rice.

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