Chinese Prawn Omelette

Exactly like in a Chinese restaurant except without the huge price

Serves 4
10 minutes Prep + 10 cooking time


recipe is women's weekly

Ingredients​

8 eggs
salt and pepper, to taste
oil
4 shallots, finely chopped
1 stick celery, finely chopped
250 gram prawns, shelled, chopped
250 gram can bean sprouts, well-drained
Sauce
1 cup water
1 tablespoon cornflour
2 chicken stock cubes
1 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoon soy sauce

Method​

1.Put eggs in bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Whiskwith a fork or hand Whisk, only until eggs are slightly frothy.

2. Add to beaten eggs, shallots, celery, prawns and bean sprouts. Mix well.

3.Heat oil in a medium-sized frypan. When oil is hot, pour omelet mixture into pan using cup to make four small omelets. ( see notes)

4.When mixture is firm on one side, separate omelets with spatula or egg-slice. Turn, cook other side.

5.Stack on warm plate while cooking remainder of omelets; keep warm.

6. To make sauce, blend water and cornflour until smooth, add crumbled stock cubes, sugar, soy sauce and salt. Stir until sauce boils and thickens.
7.To serve, stack two omelets one on top of the other. Spoon sauce over

Notes:

1. You can add 100g sliced cooked mushrooms to the eggs when adding other ingredients

2. I will also use an electric frypan so I can cook more at a time

3. Dont leave the sauce as it thickens very quickly

4. I will serve this either by it self or with fried rice . I will add the recipe