Serves: 4
Total Calories: 145

6 egg yolk
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons oils
2 tablespoons smoked ham

1. Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon-colored. Blend cornstarch and cold water to a paste then add to eggs, along with salt. Stir in well.

2. Heat oil to smoking. Add eggs then reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, stirring in one direction, until mixture is smooth, thick and pudding-like.

3. Pour into a serving bowl. Mince smoked ham and sprinkle over as a garnish.

NOTE: Other names for this dish are Imperial Eggs and Flowing Yellow.

VARIATIONS:
* For the egg yolks, substitute whole eggs.
* In step 1, add to the egg mixture any or all of the following:
1 cup stock
1 to 2 tablespoons sherry
1/4 cup bamboo shoots, minced
1/4 cup water chestnuts, minced
1/4 cup smoked ham, minced (omit ham garnish)
2 dried black mushrooms (soaked), minced
2 tablespoons dried shrimp (soaked), minced
* In step 2, when the egg mixture begins to thicken, stir in 1/2 cup cooked shrimp, minced.

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

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 4
Total Calories: 145
Calories from Fat: 135

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Basic Omelet
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Basic Pan-Fried Egg Foo Yung
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Basic Stirred Eggs
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Basic Stuffed Omelets
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Fried Eggs With Soy Sauce
Ham Egg Foo Yung
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Iron Pot Eggs
Oyster Omelet
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Stirred Eggs With Pork And Shrimp
Stirred Eggs With Pork And Vermicelli
Stuffed Eggs: Hard-Boiled, Steamed and Deep-Fried
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