Chinese vegetable omelette (fu yong hai)

Chinese vegetable omelette (fu yong hai)

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A Chinese-style omelette with eggs, pepper, mushrooms, green peas, and five-spice powder, cooked in a pan for ten minutes: enough for four servings.

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Fu yong hai is a Chinese omelette, filled with small pieces of vegetables and seasoned with five-spice powder. It takes about ten minutes to cook. Serves four.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time25 min
  • Cook time10 min
  • Total35 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodbread
  • Estimated cost$4.80 $1.20 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.15
  • $0.05
  • $0.34
  • $0.78
  • $0.38
  • $0.16
  • $0.33
  • $2.09
  • $0.14
  • $0.17
  • $0.14
  • $0.03
  • $0.04

Prices from US supermarkets for 8 of 13 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Peel and finely chop the onion. ≈ 8 min
  2. Peel and finely chop the garlic. ≈ 8 min
  3. Slice the mushrooms. ≈ 8 min
  4. Peel and grate the carrots. ≈ 8 min
  5. Cut the pepper in half lengthwise, remove the seeds, and then slice it into strips. ≈ 8 min
  6. Peel and chop the celery into small cubes. ≈ 8 min
  7. Slice the Allium ascalonicum into rounds. ≈ 8 min
  8. Gently whisk the eggs with the five-spice powder. ≈ 4 min
  9. Add the vegetables with a pinch of salt, pepper, and sugar, to taste. ≈ 3 min
  10. Heat the oil in a pan and cook the omelette for about 10 minutes, or until it is cooked through.

The bill

Chinese vegetable omelette (fu yong hai)

  • 1 onion$0.15
  • 1 clove of garlic$0.05
  • 75 grams of mushrooms$0.34
  • 1 bell pepper$0.78
  • 2 carrots$0.38
  • Two stalks of celery, cut into branches$0.16
  • 2. Allium ascalonicum (spring onion)$0.33
  • 6 eggs$2.09
  • 75 grams of green peas$0.14
  • a thin layer of oil paint depicting a sunflower$0.17
  • Freshly ground pepper$0.14
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar$0.03
  • salt$0.04

Total$4.80

that's $1.20 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 onion
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 75 grams of mushrooms
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 2 carrots
  • Two stalks of celery, cut into branches
  • 2. Allium ascalonicum (spring onion)
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon of five-spice powder
  • 75 grams of green peas
  • a thin layer of oil paint depicting a sunflower
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar
  • salt

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