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Shrimp Egg Foo Young

Savory and comforting fresh shrimp egg foo young, developed from basic Cantonese egg foo young.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Keyword egg, Foo Young
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 3
Calories 221kcal
Author Elaine

Ingredients

  • 2 large eggs , room temperature recommended
  • 2 tbsp. minced shrimp
  • 1 small bunch of bean sprouts , around 100g, root removed
  • 1 scallion shredded
  • 1/4 tsp. salt + 1/8 tsp. ground pepper
  • Oil for pan-frying or deep-frying

Brown Sauce

  • 1 cup chicken broth or water
  • 1 tbsp. light soy sauce + 1 tsp. dark soy sauce ,dark soy sauce can give the sauce a deeper color.
  • 1 tbsp. corn starch
  • 1 tsp. sesame oil
  • 1/2 tbsp. oyster sauce
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. ground white pepper

Instructions

Make the sauce

  • Start by mixing the cornstarch with water. Pour light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt, and pepper into a pot. Start with a middle-to-slow fire, and then stir as you heat the sauce until it reaches a consistency similar to oyster sauce.
  • The sauce should have a thickened but slightly running texture.

Mix the mixture

  • Cut the shrimp into finger-sized pieces.
  • Mix shrimp with a whisked egg, add bean sprouts, shredded carrots, shredded scallion, salt, and pepper, and combine everything well.

How to deep fry the shrimp egg foo young

  • Heat the oil to around 180 degrees C.
  • First, brush some oil on the scoop. Pour the batter into the scoop.
  • Then, dip the scoop into the oil and let it stay for 10 to 15 seconds until it forms the basic shape.
  • Then remove the egg cake from the scoop and let it deep-fry for another 20 seconds or until golden brown.

Serve

  • Add egg foo young sauce on top and serve with steamed rice.

Optionally pan-fried method

  • I will recommend using a small casting pot for the best round shape. Fry until one side becomes golden brown, then turn over and fry the other. Once the two sides are fried golden brown, transfer the egg foo young to steamed rice and drizzle some brown sauce made in the beginning.

Video

Notes

This recipe was firstly published in 2017 and updated with more details and video in 2025 

Nutrition

Calories: 221kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 479mg | Sodium: 801mg | Potassium: 203mg | Vitamin A: 575IU | Vitamin C: 5.5mg | Calcium: 118mg | Iron: 3mg