Minced Pork on Egg Omelet

Name: Minced Pork on Egg Omelet (Shao tzu hung tan)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 8 eggs; 1 teaspoon salt; (mix in eggs); 3 oz. ground pork or beef; 3 oz. ground pork or beef; 2 tablespoons chopped celery; 2 tablespoons chopped green onion; 2 tablespoons soy sauce; 2 teaspoon chopped ginger; 2 teaspoon chopped garlic; 1 teaspoon sugar; ⅔ cup soup stock; 1 tablespoon wine; ½ tablespoon brown vinegar; 1 cup oil; ½ tablespoon sesame oil; 1 tablespoon cornstarch (make paste); 1 tablespoon cornstarch (make paste); 1 tablespoon cold water (make paste); 1 tablespoon cold water (make paste); 1 tablespoon cold water (mix in eggs); 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1 tablespoon cold water (mix in eggs)

Shao tzu hung tan

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

8 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
(mix in eggs)
3

Asia
Taiwan
Kweichow
Hunan
Sichuan
Hupeh
Main course
Western China

Method

Beat the eggs well in a bowl, add 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon cornstarch paste. Beat until very smooth and thick.
Heat ½ cup of oil in fry pan, pour in eggs and fry until golden on the bottom. Then turn over. Splash 2 tablespoons oil around side of pan, when the eggs get firm and completely done, remove to chopping broad and cut into small pieces. Lay on plat