Egg Foo Young, Cantonese style - How to Make the Original Fuyong Dan (芙蓉蛋)

Egg Foo Young, a.k.a. Fuyong Dan or Furong Dan. This dish's made it's way around the world, but we wanted to teach you the original Cantonese way of making it. In terms of taste and texture, this is much closer to an omelette than its deep-fried takeout counterpart. It's a pretty easy dish, and a great egg dish to whip up whenever.
Near the end of the video, we used some footage of an American Chinese restaurant called 'Luo's Peking House'. Cutting this video made me really nostalgic for American-Chinese food, though the host putting mustard and sweet and sour sauce over the already sauced Egg Foo Young is so stereotypically American it made me facepalm ;) Link to the full video here:
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As always, here's the reddit link with the detailed, written recipe. A smaller sort of recipe card's inside that link in the comments (if that's what you're looking for, sorry to make ya go fishing through links):
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Learn how to cook real deal, authentic Chinese food! We post recipes every Tuesday (unless we happen to be travelling) :)
We're Steph and Chris - a food-obsessed couple that lives in Shenzhen, China. Steph is from Guangzhou and loves cooking food from throughout China - you'll usually be watching her behind the wok. Chris is a long-term expat from America that's been living in China and loving it for the last nine years - you'll be listening to his explanations and recipe details, and doing some cooking at times as well.
This channel is all about learning how to cook the same taste that you'd get in China. Our goal for each video is to give you a recipe that would at least get you close to what's made by some of our favorite restaurants here. Because of that, our recipes are no-holds-barred Chinese when it comes to style and ingredients - but feel free to ask for tips about adaptations and sourcing too!

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[@erdyantodwinugrohozheng]

Well, in Indonesia, we have kind of similar dish in it called Fu Yung Hai (芙蓉蟹), slightly similar to Cantonese Egg Foo Young but more like originally from Coastal Guangdong which is contained "crab meat" and sometimes used minced chicken and shrimps for substituting crab meat and added some vegetables like carrots, bean sprouts, and cabbages........

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An adaptation of fu yung hai is also extremely popular in the Netherlands.

[@erdyantodwinugrohozheng]

@@tomvasseur2256 Well to be honest, Fu Yung Hai became popular in Netherlands due to Dutch occupation in Indonesia and also there are Indonesian food that are popular in Netherlands due to either Indonesian diaspora and even Indo Culture in there (Eurasian that were living in or connected with Indonesia, including Indonesian culture and mostly from Dutch ancestry). For example : Nasi Goreng, Mie Goreng, Rendang, Rijstaffel (a table manner combining Indonesian food and Dutch food), and so on........

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I’m from Hong Kong and we do exactly as he said! May be add crab meat and bean sprouts! No cabbage or other veggies to distract from the taste! 😅😅😅

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You guys put a huge smile on my face with this fantastic video! I've tried it several times now and find that adding some Oyster sauce to the egg mix gives an additional dimension to this Foo Young. Thank you for sharing the happiness!!!

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Ive been watching your videos now for about a week and finally decided to give one a go. I just want you to know that this is by far my new favorite way to prepare eggs. Its so versitile! And I have always hated take out egg fu young, so seeing something like this not deep fried and drenched in brown sauce was so refreshing. I love your content, and cant wait to try something more advanced next!

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@@thisissteph9834 I've been cooking on the wok almost every day since I bought it. I still make your Egg Foo Young, but just tried my hand at making Suan Cai Yu [酸菜鱼]? yesterday. It came out amazing. I am in love with Chinese Cooking. Once you have the wok and the ingredients, it's easy. Keep the videos coming. I am a sucker for coconut curries so I got a few Thai ingredients and bam, Thai coconut curry. It's crazy what you can learn on the internet.

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@@PrimateParty Oh, btw, if you're making stuff like suan cai yu (soup/stew), you may wanna start the frying process in the wok first then move it to a pot later as longer stewing will strip the seasoning off the wok.

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[@scottrowe533]

Very informative and instructive. Thank you. I feel as though I could watch the video a couple more times and then produce a fairly high-quality Fuyong Dan for dinner.

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[@kosherveri]

Tried this today and it turned out awesome. Could really taste the sweet onion flavour that fuyong egg needs and the texture was perfectly fluffy. Thank you guys!

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Finally a version I'm going to try!I'll just call it "Chinese Omelet" of course but if certainly looks like something easy enough for me to use and something I could make many different versions of!Thank you so much for sharing!!!

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Something new for me...Adding cornstarch into fried egg! Will it give a try....

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It works!!!

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Delicious simply delicious... I’m adding that starch to mine from now on... great video

[@merlin6625]

Whoever made this did a really good job. It looks delicious 😋

[@truffles365]

Me and my dad made it with prawns, green onion, peas and beansprouts using the techniques & seasonings shown in this video and it was really good. Thank you for sharing recipes

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Beautifully done, the colour, the form, the procedures are good and easy to follow.

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Thank you :) This is a very easy dish, hope you give a try~

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Great commentary and tips. Love the bubbles around the chopstick temp tip😂

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Very clear and straight direction. Thank you.

[@sitdownandeat]

I had egg foo young once in a restaurant and decided that I will never have it again. Your video just changed my mind. Thank you for making a difference in the world.

[@arthas640]

Yeah alot of restaurants make this with half a pound each of sugar, salt, corn starch, and MSG and a splash of egg and call that "egg foo young" but the real stuff is way different.

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It looks great. I like the hints as to heat and times. Subbed.

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Cheers, glad you like it :)

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I've been waiting! Yes, this is different from what I've been eating the whole time, but gonna give it a try! Those shrimp must be juicy and sweet!

[@stephanieli7519]

Let us know how do you like this version. On a side note, if you wanna replicate the take-out style, just up the meat+veggie amount or reduce the eggs used to reach a consistency of a "thick batter", then use a ladle to scoop the "egg batter" (one ladle per piece at a time) to a shallow pan with a decent amount of oil, semi deep fry it till it sets, flip to fry the other side for a bit and take it out, then add the sauce to it (sauce recipe is in the reddit post that'll be posting later tonight~)

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Love these videos. This recipe does make great scrambled eggs too.

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This is the foyoug I’ve been looking for. Thank you

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[@zalibecquerel3463]

I've been making something similar at home for a while. I like adding fried lap cheong, or if I have any, charsiu cut up into little pieces, and for some reason I put a little rice wine, and some sesame oil in the egg mixture. Cook it slowly, and let the eggs get "puffy". A really good lazy "qian" I enjoy is a squirt of Kecap Manis over the top :-P~

[@dask7428]

Really liking the lapcheong Idea, do you just throw it into the egg with the pork mince and shrimps ?

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@@dask7428 Yup, making sure I give it a little fry first.

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I made this twice now and it was delicious!!! Thank you!!

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Looks really delicious, will have to give this a go!

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Oh Yum--great recipe and instructions.

[@hollywoodharriet13]

I made your Cantonese style Egg Foo Yung tonight (sort of). Used left over beef and asparagus from a previous meal. It was delicious and the texture of the egg was just right. I will definitely adopt this style. I did think it was on the salty side, but hubby thought it was just right. Will be looking for more of your recipes. Thanks!

[@ChineseCookingDemystified]

Haha yeah just letting you know that for us, it seems what's 'balanced' to our taste buds when testing can sometimes seem to be slightly on the salty or sweet side for some folks. Everyone's got a different palette :)

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That looks wonderful!

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[@FlorianRasche]

I just made this. I really thought it would taste kinda like scrambled eggs (which it essentially is) but it tastet MUCH better. Awesome recipe!

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Oh ty. I have been looking for this recipe for long time. They dont serve it at The Mandarin Restaurant. I cant wait to see more of your cooking.

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[@BoneCrusherofOlde]

Great video, great color on those egg yolks! I will be sure to give this one a try.

[@stephanieli7519]

Yeah, we were getting the eggs that have very orange yolks for cakes and stuff. And it lends the color to the dish too~

[@antonethgaurana4768]

Wow! Thank you for sharing your knowledge....

[@MetricJester]

The takeout "Egg Foo Young" that I am used to is so much more like what you guys cooked that I did not even know that some places have deep-fried and sauced eggs for Foyong Dan. One thing though: here in St. Catharines ON it always comes with bean sprouts in.

[@addemac5353]

I've only ever heard the phrase Egg Foo Young, I don't think it was popular where I lived. My parents never told me the popular names of their dishes, they just described it. It's nice to know what it's called even if I never felt the need to look it up. We mainly use vegetables.

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Brilliant yet simple dish to follow.

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Love this! I love authentic version! Thanks

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Thi Nguyen hi thi

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your cooking is way more Cantonese than me although i am a local local Canton dude LOL keep up the good work your content is mind blown

[@mrsbond9743]

I was just getting ready to make me some shrimp egg foo young with crabmeat and I ran across this video I like this way much better thanks for explaining how to cook the eggs in the wok without actually using all of that grease to deep fry

[@angixm]

I just made this with veggies (nappa cabbage- tops thinly sliced, mung bean sprouts, spring onion- green parts)!! It is sooooo delicious!!!!!! 😱😍😇

[@ivonne6493]

Good job, great tips, thank you

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Looks easy and delicious Thanks for sharing God bless you

[@kh23797]

I often make scrambled eggs on toast for breakfast but I didn't know the tip about corn starch (called 'cornflour' in the UK). I can confirm it does work, and the en-product was definitely a better texture ... thanks for the advice.

[@ChineseCookingDemystified]

Yeah it surprised me first time I did it too. I think it's best for people (like me) that like large, fluffy curds. My scrambled eggs are a bit weird... kind of a 'purposefully fucked up French omelette' (back when I was learning how to make a French omelette I found my favorite scrambled eggs came from those failed omelettes). High heat, purposefully roll it up all willy-nilly, cut a couple times and out. Cornstarch really helps if using that (lack of?) technique.

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Only ever tired Chow mein (years ago) and Hong Kong fried rice...ever!This sounds and looks awesome.

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I tried this dish today, everybody in the family love it😊😀

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Cheers, always glad to hear people enjoy it :)

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This looks delicious. Will give it a try.

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Superb recipe but without any sauce of course. Loving your channel.

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Exceptional and enjoyable presentation

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American Chinese food is an adaptation for the American palette. I have no qualms cooking some from my days working in the biz, with less sugar. I enjoy authentic and with your tips, I greatly improve results. Thank you.

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Thank you very much for sharing,i love chinese food.

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I am salivating! Can't wait to try it.

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Awesome! My favorite midnight snack

[@jimw8615]

Looks really good!

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Great recipe👍👍👍

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Loooooooooooooooove this version and video! ty ☺

[@randalalansmith9883]

After a childhood of Cantonese restaurants, with the red vinyl booths and the classic lanterns, my adult self wondered if egg foo young even came from China, because it was a cutlet in gravy, instead of chopstick-sized bits. Also seemed to be chiefly bean sprouts.

[@tegarz]

I just tried it. It tastes amazing!

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That's the most amazing thing I've ever seen

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Very convincing and thus appetising

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[@danielclooney6248]

Yum that looks so good. Guess I better go to Hong Kong again. Didn't know about this the last time which was many years ago. I love things like this.

[@steadyrm]

love it keep up the good wok! :)

[@dragonmanmark]

Wow you have some really sharp hands to be able to chop the pork by hand like that. Pork egg foo young is my favorite but nothing like yours. I will definitely try it but with the addition of bean sprouts. Thanks

[@ChineseCookingDemystified]

bit.ly/2ISYqzd ... and yeah, give it a go, beansprouts are also cool :) Just if you're doing this version try not to be overly ambitious with the sprouts, and be sure to pick off those ends!