Anita's advice: Foo Yong Hai
31-05-2025
A main dish.
4 servings.
The secret to this dish is the sweet and sour sauce, which you can easily make yourself.
Ingredients:
Sweet and sour sauce
1 onion
1 clove garlic
1 packet tomato frito (400ml)
2 tbsp sugar
4 tbsp soy sauce
4 tsp ginger powder
4 tbsp white vinegar
Pepper and salt
Olive oil
Omelette
8 eggs
250gr sliced mushrooms
1/2 leek in half rings or 1 onion + 2 carrots
2 hands peas
salt, white pepper and olive oil
Rice
300 gr white rice
Prepare (20min prepare, 30min bake):
Cook the rice according to the instructions on the package.
Sweet and Sour Sauce
- For the sauce, finely chop the garlic and chop the onion. Sauté this for 3 min in some olive oil in a saucepan, high flame.
- Add the tomato frito and fry it with the onion. Heating will de-acidify the mixture and give it a sweeter flavour, 5 min, high flame.
- Add the ginger powder, soy sauce, sugar and vinegar. Bring to the boil while stirring.
- Simmer on a low flame for 5 min. Season the sweet and sour sauce with salt and pepper. If the sauce is still too thick, add some extra water.
Omelette
- Beat the eggs in a large bowl. Add the chopped vegetables, mushrooms and a pinch of salt and pepper. Mix everything well.
- Heat the rest of the oil in a large wok and add the egg mixture.
- Fry the omelette on low heat until done in 2 x 15 min (flipping halfway through). After turning, go through the egg with a spatula to create coarse pieces.
- Serve the omelette on a bed of white rice and pour the hot sauce over it.
Info:
€1.71 for a 730g serving.
630Kcal pp = 15g fat (4g sat) + 94g CH (28g sugar), 7g fibre, 24g protein, 5.5g salt, 5.9g iron
Anita is the author of «Live2Eat, Eat2Live». She thinks that, in addition to food for thought, we should serve some tasty, easy, cheap and healthy dishes.