- Egg foo young
Egg foo young (Chinese: 芙蓉蛋, also spelled egg fooyung, egg foo yong, egg fu yung, or egg furong) is an
omelette dish found inAmerican Chinese cuisine . The name comes from theCantonese language , and may be related to the Fu Yong flower,Hibiscus mutabilis . The dish is associated withTiki culture , and American Chinese restaurants today often list it as "Polynesian" in their menus.Preparation
This dish is prepared with beaten eggs and minced
ham . From these dishes, creative Chinese chefs in the United States at least as early as the 1930s created a pancake filled with eggs, vegetables, and meat or seafood.The dish usually appears as a well-folded
omelette with the non-egg ingredients embedded in the egg mixture, covered with or served insauce orgravy . It is readily prepared fortake-out and packed in a container.It may be made with various vegetables such as
bean sprout s,celery and water chestnuts. When meat is used as an ingredient, a choice of shredded roastpork ,shrimp , shreddedchicken , beef orlobster may be offered.Regional modifications
In a regional variation, many American-Chinese restaurants in
St. Louis, Missouri , serve what is called aSt. Paul sandwich , which is an egg foo young patty served with mayonnaise, dill pickle and sometimes lettuce and tomato between two slices of white bread.Comparison
The Vietnamese dish "
trứng hấp " is similar to egg foo young.In
Japanese Chinese cuisine , the dish Kani-tama (かに玉 or 蟹玉) is similar, using crab meat instead of ham or other meats.In popular culture
The American poet
Carl Sandburg mentions the dish (which he called "egg foo yong") in his 1936 epic poem "The People, Yes".http://encarta.msn.com/quote_561553266/Civilization_To_the_Chinese_we_have_given_kerosene_.html AccessedFebruary 1 ,2008 .]ee also
*
List of egg dishes
*Chinese steamed egg Notes
External links
* [http://www.recipeomnibus.com/page22.htm Recipes at RecipeOmnibus.com]
* [http://www.eggfooyong.com Recipes at EggFooYong.com]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/eggfuyoungwithroaste_89264.shtml BBC Food recipe]
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