Receta Egg Foo Young

Egg foo young, egg foo yong or egg fu yung is an American Chinese omelette dish which consists of lightly beaten eggs, vegetables and meat or seafood served with gravy. Vegetable commonly used in this dish are bean sprouts, cabbage, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and/or water chestnuts. For meats it’s a choice between roast pork, shrimp, chicken, beef or minced pork. Popular in Chinese Indonesian, British and Chinese American cuisine his dish was derived form a Shanghai Classic recipe called Fu Yung Egg Slices.

Foo young literally means “lotus flower” and has been existing even before the French omelettes. Original recipe uses egg whites cooked with minced ham or chicken. It was then the Chinese chefs who have brought the idea to the…