Scrambled Egg Whites with Crab Meat

Name: Scrambled Egg Whites with Crab Meat (Ta liang ch’ahsien nai)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons corn (golden); 2 tablespoons corn (golden); 3 tablespoons crab meat; 6 mushrooms; 1 teaspoon salt; 3 cups oil; 1 cup milk; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 6 egg whites; ¼ oz. rice noodles (or vermicelli); ¼ oz. rice noodles (or vermicelli); 1 tablespoon ham (chopped); 6 tablespoons oil

Ta liang ch’ahsien nai

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

6 egg whites
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon cornstarch

Asia
Taiwan
Kwangdong
Main course

Method

Heat oil until very hot, deep-fry rice noodles for 3 seconds. Remove quickly and drain, place on a plate, and smash.
Beat egg white in a big bowl, add milk, cornstarch, salt, crab meat, sliced mushrooms, and golden corn. Mix well.
Heat pan to a high temperature, add 6 tablespoons oil, then pour in #1 ingredients. Stir-fry quickly over moderate heat, u