Ham egg foo yung

10 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupBamboo shoots
½cupCelery
½cupWater chestnuts
½cupOnion (up to)
3tablespoonsOil
½teaspoonSugar
½teaspoonSalt
2teaspoonsSoy sauce
1dashPepper
1tablespoonFlour
½poundsHam
6Eggs (up to)
2tablespoonsOil

Directions

1. Dice bamboo shoots, celery and water chestnuts. Mince onion.

2. Heat oil. Add vegetables and stir-fry 1 minute. Sprinkle with sugar, salt, soy sauce and pepper; stir-fry 1 minute more.

3. Remove vegetables from pan; drain, and let cool. Then sprinkle with flour.

4. Mince or shred ham. Beat eggs. First fold stir-fried vegetables, then ham, into eggs.

5. Reheat remaining oil. Spoon egg mixture into pan, 2 tablespoons at a time, and cook as in "Basic Pan Fried Egg Foo Yung".

6. Repeat process until egg mixture is used up, adding more oil as needed.

NOTE: This is sometimes called Mandarin-style Ham and Eggs.

From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .