Egg and Scallion Stir-Fry with Soybean Sauce
大葱炒鸡蛋
Eggs and browned scallion sections are coated in a thickened soy-and-soybean-paste sauce.
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Ingredients
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- 1large scallion
- eggs
- 1/2 spoonful eachlight soy sauce, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce and soybean paste
- a littleMSG
- 1/2 spoonfulcornstarch
- slightly less than half a bowlwater
- cooking oil
Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.
Bowl and cup measures retain the original Chinese units 碗/杯; capacity is unspecified. 小半 means slightly less than half; 大半 means slightly more than half.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- 01
Mix light soy sauce, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, soybean paste, MSG, cornstarch and water as shown in the original Chinese ingredient image.
- 02
Heat oil, scramble the eggs until fully cooked and remove them.
- 03
Add scallion sections to the remaining oil and fry until their edges brown.
- 04
Return the eggs, pour in the sauce and stir-fry over high heat until the sauce coats the ingredients.
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Egg and Scallion Stir-Fry with Soybean Sauce
Eggs and browned scallion sections are coated in a thickened soy-and-soybean-paste sauce.
Ingredients
- 1large scallion
- eggs
- 1/2 spoonful eachlight soy sauce, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce and soybean paste
- a littleMSG
- 1/2 spoonfulcornstarch
- slightly less than half a bowlwater
- cooking oil
Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.
Bowl and cup measures retain the original Chinese units 碗/杯; capacity is unspecified. 小半 means slightly less than half; 大半 means slightly more than half.
Method
- 01
Mix light soy sauce, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, soybean paste, MSG, cornstarch and water as shown in the original Chinese ingredient image.
- 02
Heat oil, scramble the eggs until fully cooked and remove them.
- 03
Add scallion sections to the remaining oil and fry until their edges brown.
- 04
Return the eggs, pour in the sauce and stir-fry over high heat until the sauce coats the ingredients.
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