Chinese vegetable omelet (fu yong hai)
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.
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
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
- Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic. ≈ 8 min
- Slice the mushrooms and grate the peeled carrots. ≈ 8 min
- Dice the de-seeded bell pepper into strips and the celery into small cubes. ≈ 8 min
- Slice the shallots thinly. ≈ 8 min
- Gently whisk the eggs with the five-spice mixture. ≈ 4 min
- Add all the vegetables and green peas, along with a pinch of salt, pepper, and sugar. ≈ 3 min
- 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.
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