Hakka Egg Omelet Recipe

 

      Ingredients

  • 3 eggs

  • 150 gram minced pork

  • 300 grams turnip (cut into small cubes)

  • few stalks of Chinese celery (chopped)

  • 3 slices of ginger

  • 1 cup of chicken soup

  • 1 tea spoon corn starch

  • 1 table spoon dried shrimps

  • 1 tea spoon light soy sauce

  • sugar, salt and pepper to taste

 

 

Method

  • Wet the corn starch with 2 table spoons of water, do not stir it, just let it settled and pour away excess water.

  • Season minced pork with light soy sauce, sugar and pepper for 15 minutes, pan-fry with little bit of cooking oil and set aside (drain excess oil and gravy).

  • Mix eggs and wet starch, beat well and run through a strainer.

  • Heat up 1 table spoon of cooking oil in a frying pan, add 1 tablespoon of egg mixture and let it form a round omelet.

  • Add minced pork onto the egg omelet and fold it into a half-moon shape, cook both side till golden color. Fry one omelet at a time to get the best results.

  • Heat up 1 table spoon of cooking oil in pot, sauté ginger and dried shrimps to fragrant, then add turnips in and stir-fry for a while.

  • Add chicken soup in and bring to a boil. turn to low heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

  • Add chopped celery, salt to taste and omelet into the soup and simmer for another minute.

  • Serve hot.

More Hakka Recipes