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Yellow Chive and Scrambled Egg

October 1, 2019 3 Comments

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Yellow chive and scrambled egg stir fry : 韭黄炒鸡蛋.

An Introduction to Yellow Chives (韭黄)

For Cantonese food lovers, you many meet yellow chives in wonton noodle soups, dumplings and spring rolls. It has the most beautiful light yellow and golden color. Comparing with common green chives, yellow chives are milder and sweeter in flavor and tender in texture. Green chive has a more pungent oniony flavor. Yellow chives are grown without light, so consequently no chlorophyll is produced. It can be a good substitute for standard Chinese chives.

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Yellow chives (or sometimes Chinese chives) with standard egg is a very popular and humble dish for Chinese home cooking. Eggs have been the most important protein source for Chinese people in last decades. So there are lots of vegetables with scrambled dishes in Chinese cuisine with our tomato and scrambled eggs as the top star.

Based on my personal experience, yellow chive is the best partner for seafood, including shrimp and squid. After absorbing the juice from seafood, it can be extremely delicious. When stir-frying with scrambled eggs, adding oyster sauce is one of the best options of adding some seafood flavors.

Cook’s Note

  • Even without the help of other ingredients or agent, the scrambled eggs can be fluffy and tender. The key step of tender egg is to get it well beaten until there is a s small layer of fine bubbles on top. The air inside the egg liquid can help to make them fluffy and tender.
  • Don’t overcook the yellow chives. Well-cooked yellow chives are sweet and a little bit crunchy. While over cooked yellow chives become quite chewy.
  • Skipping oyster sauce and adding a pinch of salt and sugar can turn the dish into vegan.

Instructions

Whisk the egg with a small pinch of salt and white pepper until there is a small layer of fine bubbles on top.

Heat wok firstly. Then add oil and heat until hot. Pour in egg liquid and let it stay for a while until the bottom firmed while the top part is still slightly dilute. Add chives in and mix well.

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Add oyster sauce and quickly mix well.

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5 from 1 vote
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Yellow Chive and Scrambled egg

Humble Chinese yellow chive and scrambled egg

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Chinese
Servings: 2
Calories: 244 kcal
Ingredients
  • 3 eggs
  • 100 g yellow chives , remove the hard ends and cut into 1 inch sections
  • 1 tbsp. oyster sauce
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/8 white pepper
  • 2 tbsp. cooking oil
Instructions
  1. Whisk the egg with a small pinch of salt and white pepper until there is a small layer of fine bubbles on top.

  2. Heat wok firstly. Then add oil and heat until hot. Pour in egg liquid and let it stay for a while until the bottom firmed while the top part is still slightly dilute. Add chives in.

  3. Add oyster sauce and quick fry until the yellow chives start to soften. Serve hot.

Nutrition Facts
Yellow Chive and Scrambled egg
Amount Per Serving
Calories 244 Calories from Fat 189
% Daily Value*
Fat 21g32%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Cholesterol 246mg82%
Sodium 536mg23%
Potassium 239mg7%
Carbohydrates 4g1%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 10g20%
Vitamin A 2535IU51%
Vitamin C 29mg35%
Calcium 83mg8%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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  1. Jessica says

    October 8, 2019 at 5:51 am

    5 stars
    Similar to tomato eggs stir fry, and just as delicious. The oyster sauce really complements eggs and chives. Served this with rice and Szechwan cabbage stir fry. The kids loved it.

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    • Elaine says

      October 9, 2019 at 8:20 am

      Thank you Jessica for the feedback. Using oyster sauce is my new habit and I really found it really highlighted the dish. Happy cooking!

      Reply
  2. DB says

    October 17, 2019 at 12:21 pm

    I add a teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce to my scrambled eggs before cooking them. It improves the flavor. This is for 3 large eggs. Oyster sauce is a good idea. Tomato eggs sounds great. Tomato egg drop soup is a favorite soup!

    Reply

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