# Chicken Egg Foo Young

This dish is a chicken version of egg foo young, prepared with simple ingredients and straightforward cooking steps for a delicious meal at home.

- Servings: 8 servings
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 150 g chicken
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp water
- 0.125 tsp sugar
- 0.25 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 0.125 tsp white pepper powder
- 1 tsp oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 stalks green onion
- 100 g onion
- 100 g bean sprouts
- 3 large egg
- 1 tbsp cornstarch (for egg mixture)
- 2 tsp water (for egg mixture)
- 0.25 tsp salt
- 0.125 tsp white pepper powder
- 1 cup unsalted chicken broth
- 1 tbsp soy sauce (for gravy)
- 0.25 tsp sugar (for gravy)
- 2 tsp cornstarch (for gravy)
- 2 tbsp water (for gravy)
- 1 tsp sesame oil

## Instructions

1. Start by finely mincing two cloves of garlic and cutting two green onions into small pieces, separating the stem and leafy parts.
2. Cut a quarter of an onion into thin strips and prepare some M bean sprouts.
3. Crack three large eggs and beat them.
4. Prepare a corn starch and water mixture by mixing 1 tbsp cornstarch and 2 tsp cold water until dissolved, then add this mixture to the beaten egg and mix evenly.
5. Cut 150g of chicken breast into slices.
6. Marinate the chicken with 1 tsp soy sauce, 2 tsp water, 1/8 tsp sugar, 1/4 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp cornstarch, 1/8 tsp white pepper powder, and 1 tsp regular cooking oil; mix evenly.
7. Prepare a thinner corn starch and water mixture for the gravy by mixing 2 tsp cornstarch and 2 tbsp water.
8. Add some oil to a hot pan over medium-high heat.
9. When the oil is hot, add the chicken to the pan and spread it out.
10. Add the pieces from the stem part of the green onion to the pan.
11. Pan fry both sides of the chicken until almost fully cooked.
12. Add the minced garlic, thinly sliced onion, and bean sprouts to the pan.
13. Stir fry everything together until the chicken is fully cooked.
14. Remove the cooked chicken, onion, garlic, and bean sprouts from the pan and add them to the egg mixture.
15. Season the egg mixture with 1/8 tsp white pepper powder and 1/4 tsp salt, and add the leafy part of the green onion; mix evenly.
16. Add a little more oil to the pan if needed.
17. Scoop the egg foo young batter into the pan using a ladle to ensure consistent size.
18. Pan fry the egg foo young until the bottom is golden brown, then turn it over and pan fry the other side to golden brown.
19. Remove the cooked egg foo young from the pan when both sides are nicely golden brown.
20. To make the gravy, pour 1 cup of unsalted chicken broth into the pan over medium-high heat.
21. Season the broth with 1 tbsp soy sauce and 1/4 tsp sugar; mix evenly.
22. Let the chicken broth come to a vigorous boil.
23. While stirring the chicken broth, slowly pour in the second batch of corn starch and water mixture to thicken it into a gravy.
24. Add 1 tsp of sesame oil as a final touch to the gravy.
25. Pour the gravy over the egg foo young right before serving, and pair it with some rice.

## Equipment

- pan
- ladle

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/Ze_KEjxpPiY?si=6G-EUjv9a6pWP2G1
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/cc01dff4-e127-477b-8e2a-3f5d44729d56
- Extracted: 2026-01-01

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