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Egg Foo Yung (0 syns)

This dish is just like that which you get from a Chinese takeway. Save your money on takeouts and try this healthy version which tastes as delicious as the real thing.    Make it vegetarian by leaving the meat out.  

Course Dinner, Light Meal, Lunch
Cuisine Oriental
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 2 people

Ingredients

  • 250 g Chicken, Pork or Beef or a combination of
  • 3 eggs
  • 0.5 onion diced
  • 1 cup Garden peas small handful
  • 2 florets Broccoli
  • 1 cup Mange tout
  • 0.5 tsp Sweetener like Splenda
  • 0.5 tsp Mono Sodium Glutamate or Umami
  • 1 tsp Light Soy sauce
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 cups Rice – Tilda basmati rice

Method

  1. Chicken and Pork – slice into strips and fry off.
  2. In a bowl beat three eggs and add a dash of yellow colouring.
  3. Fry onions, chicken, pork (using fry light)
  4. Add peas, broccoli and mangetout (remember to add lots of vegetables if you're doing Extra Easy - at least a third of the dish)
  5. Then add sweetener (1/2 teaspoon), MSG (1/2 teaspoon, optional), soy sauce (1 teaspoon) and salt to taste.
  6. Then add egg and gently turn in from outside to centre to make a thick omelette.
  7. Serve with boiled rice

Recipe Notes

You can use whatever meats you want to - chicken, beef, pork - and in any combination. Add prawns? Or perhaps no meat at all - and just stick to vegetables. PS There are a lot of scaremongering on the internet about MSG (mono sodium glutamate) and your health. None of them are founded on any firm evidence. At one time, it was thought that 'Chinese Restaurant Syndrome' was caused by MSG - but research shows that it's a load of rubbish. Look at this from the US National Library of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001126.htm PPS What's the point of MSG anyway? MSG is meant to give that sixth sense flavour called Umami. Umami is that gorgeous taste you get from eating something which you can't put your finger on exactly why.