Serves: 8
Total Calories: 48

6 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup cooked chicken, turkey, ham, pork, or seafood
1 1/2 cups vegetables
oil for deep-frying

1. Beat eggs then season with salt. (You may, if you wish, not beat the eggs first but stir them in with the meat and vegetables until well mixed.) Shred or dice meat and vegetables (see Basic Pan-Fried or Deep-Fried Egg Foo Yung: Combinations). Mix well with eggs.

2. Heat oil until it foams (it should be about 2 1/2 inches deep). Carefully drop egg mixture into oil with a ladle, tipping the ladle to release the omelets. (For a 3-inch omelet, allow 1/2 cup of egg mixture for a smaller one, 1/4. cup.)

3. Let omelet rise to the top (this will take about 2 minutes). Baste with hot oil to brown. Then flip omelet over, using a spoon and spatula, or 2 spoons, and baste to brown the other side. Lift out with a slotted spoon and drain on paper toweling. Keep warm.

4. Repeat process until egg mixture is used up. Serve omelets either plain, sprinkled lightly with soy sauce, or with Egg Foo Yung Sauce I or II (see Seasonings and Sauces).

VARIATIONS:
* In step 1, add to the beaten eggs any or all of the following:
1 or 2 scallion stalks, minced
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon sherry
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
dash of pepper

The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 8
Total Calories: 48
Calories from Fat: 21

More Recipes from the Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook Cookbook:
*Egg Dishes
Basic Deep-Fried Egg Foo Yung
Basic Egg Pudding
Basic Omelet
Basic Omelet with Variations
Basic Pan-Fried Egg Foo Yung
Basic Pan-Fried or Deep-Fried Egg Foo Yung: Combinations
Basic Steamed Eggs
Basic Steamed Eggs: Ingredients
Basic Stirred Eggs
Basic Stirred Eggs with Variations
Basic Stuffed Omelets
Chicken Soufflé
Coin Purse Eggs
Crabmeat Soufflé I
Crabmeat Soufflé II
Deep-Fried Coated Eggs
Deep-Fried Eggs And Vegetables
Egg Pouch Omelets
Egg Pouch Omelets: Filling
Egg Pudding With Dried Scallops
Fish Soufflé
Fried Eggs With Soy Sauce
Ham Egg Foo Yung
Hard-Boiled Salt Eggs
Iron Pot Eggs
Oyster Omelet
Oyster Pancakes
Pork And Shrimp Egg Foo Yung
Roast Pork Egg Foo Yung
Shark's Fin Omelet I
Shark's Fin Omelet II
Shrimp And Bean Sprout Soufflé
Shrimp Pancakes
Shrimp Soufflé
Soy Duck Eggs
Soy Eggs
Steamed Eggs And Fish Fillets
Steamed Eggs And Stir-Fried Pork
Steamed Eggs With Clams in their Shells
Steamed Eggs With Whole Lobster
Steamed Gold-and-Silver Eggs
Steamed Omelet Rolls
Steamed Preserved Eggs
Steamed Three-Kinds-of-Eggs
Stirred Eggs And Fish
Stirred Eggs And Pork I
Stirred Eggs And Pork II
Stirred Eggs And Pork III
Stirred Eggs With Pork And Shrimp
Stirred Eggs With Pork And Vermicelli
Stuffed Eggs: Hard-Boiled, Steamed and Deep-Fried
Stuffed Omelet: Pork Filling
Stuffed Omelet: Shrimp Filling
Sweet-and-Pungent Preserved Eggs
Tea Eggs
Vegetable Soufflé