foo yung

Egg-based Chinese dish

Foo yung is a Chinese-American dish of eggs beaten with vegetables and often meat or seafood, then fried into a thick omelet-like patty.

Egg foo yung typically comes smothered in brown gravy.

The dish adapts Cantonese cooking to American tastes: I'll have the shrimp egg foo yung with fried rice.

Related
  • bean sproutsGerminated legume seedlings
  • eggReproductive cell in shell
  • shrimpSmall edible crustacean
  • oilSlippery viscous fluid
  • gravyThickened meat drippings

patty · golden · Cantonese · crisp · pan · mushroom · onion · wok · egg rolls · fluffy · soy sauce · brown gravy · scallions · green onions · greasy · vegetables · dim sum · Chinese

Opposites
Chinese-American cooking method

foo yungstir-fry

Quick-cook in hot oil

chow mein · lo mein · fried rice · chop suey · kung pao

egg dish texture/structure

foo yungscrambled eggs

Stirred ova dish

egg drop soup · steamed egg · soft-boiled egg

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G