Chinese vegetable omelet (fu yong hai)

Chinese vegetable omelet (fu yong hai)

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

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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 methodfrying pan
  • Estimated cost$6.58 $1.65 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.21
  • $0.09
  • $0.38
  • $1.59
  • $0.77
  • $0.16
  • $0.33
  • $2.39
  • $0.17
  • $0.17
  • $0.27
  • $0.02
  • $0.03

Prices from US supermarkets for 9 of 13 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic. ≈ 8 min
  2. Slice the mushrooms and grate the peeled carrots. ≈ 8 min
  3. Dice the de-seeded bell pepper into strips and the celery into small cubes. ≈ 8 min
  4. Slice the shallots thinly. ≈ 8 min
  5. Gently whisk the eggs with the five-spice mixture. ≈ 4 min
  6. Add all the vegetables and green peas, along with a pinch of salt, pepper, and sugar. ≈ 3 min
  7. Heat some oil in a frying pan and cook the omelette for about 10 minutes.

The bill

Chinese vegetable omelet (fu yong hai)

  • 1 onion$0.21
  • 1 clove of garlic$0.09
  • 75 grams of mushrooms$0.38
  • 1 bell pepper$1.59
  • 2 carrots$0.77
  • Two stalks of celery, cut into branches$0.16
  • 2 shallots (spring onions)$0.33
  • 6 eggs$2.39
  • 75 g of fresh green peas$0.17
  • a thread of sunflower oil$0.17
  • Freshly ground pepper$0.27
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar$0.02
  • salt$0.03

Total$6.58

that's $1.65 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 shallots (spring onions)
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon of five-spice powder
  • 75 g of fresh green peas
  • a thread of sunflower oil
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar
  • salt

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