🍳 The PERFECT Omelette: How Chinese immigrants won America (Egg Foo Young)

Watch Daddy Lau teach us how to make egg foo young as we trace the story of Chinese immigrants and how they won America! 🍴 WRITTEN RECIPE + INGREDIENTS🍴 Visit our blog for step-by-step instructions: https://madewithlau.com/recipes/egg-foo-young 🍜 JOIN THE CANTO COOKING CLUB 🍜 Develop the intuition and foundation to cook Cantonese food with exclusive classes from Daddy Lau! Take a free peek inside: https://bit.ly/mwlclub 🍳 COOKWARE WE USE/LOVE 🍳 - Chinese Cleaver: https://amzn.to/4eMSoL9 - Carbon Steel Wok: https://amzn.to/3BH16fq - Stainless Steel Spatula: https://amzn.to/4fomqVZ - Non-Stick Wok: https://amzn.to/47Q8fGk - Non-Stick Spatula: https://amzn.to/489rWsY - Gas Burner: https://amzn.to/3XYAQVI - Electric Burner: https://amzn.to/4eLoXZO - Steaming rack: https://amzn.to/4eKewpQ - Steaming rack with holes: https://amzn.to/408qPYu 🥢 KITCHEN ACCESSORIES WE USE/LOVE 🥢 - Infrared Laser Temperature Gun: https://amzn.to/3ZRioAK - Wireless Meat Thermometer: https://amzn.to/3BE6iRg - Food Scale: https://amzn.to/47QRIC6 👨‍🍳 DAD'S SPECIAL INGREDIENTS 👨‍🍳 - Light Soy Sauce: https://amzn.to/3NcsQva - Dark Soy Sauce: https://amzn.to/3Y6uyV8 - Chicken Bouillon: https://amzn.to/3ZQWn4V - Sesame Oil: https://amzn.to/3XJGef6 - Rice Cooking Wine: https://amzn.to/4gJG405 - Shaoxing Cooking Wine: https://amzn.to/3TWiBib - Premium Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/4drBPTS - Chili Oil: https://amzn.to/3Y7w1uo - Hoisin Sauce: https://amzn.to/3Y9mwuJ - Vegetarian Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/47RJ0U5 - Gluten-Free Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/3NdKPRK - Handcrafted Soy Sauce: https://bit.ly/handcrafted-soysauce 🎥 MY CAMERA GEAR! 🎥 - Workhorse Camera: https://amzn.to/3UaMdsd - Lens for Wide Shots: https://amzn.to/3YpCUHD - Lens for Detail Shots: https://amzn.to/4h781if - Macro Lens: https://amzn.to/3Y6ANXF These links are affiliate links, which means that if you use our links to purchase these ingredients, Amazon pays my family a small amount for the sale - at no extra cost to you. If you use these links, we really appreciate the support! ⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲ 00:00 - Egg Foo Young on Chinese restaurant menus 00:45 - Prepare shrimp 01:50 - Why did Chinese people immigrate 02:58 - Prepare veggies & eggs 04:09 - Create sauce & slurry 04:46 - Blanch shrimp & veggies 05:40 - American reception to Chinese immigrants 06:51 - Heat wok & prep egg mixture 07:16 - Best oil to use? 07:40 - Pan-fry omelette 08:16 - Tips on making egg softer & smoother 09:28 - Support from community & winning over America 11:37 - Temperature to cook this? 12:33 - Pan-fry Summary 13:53 - Cook sauce 14:22 - Was egg foo young popular in US & China? 🔗 LINKS MENTIONED 🔗 UTSC Menus Collection: https://collections.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/harleyspiller:collection American Experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbBatK7JWYc Oak Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnDlWOqjPwM Mukbangs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=takf2uGt03c, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=004_Y0YTnpA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC0_roe6CZY New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/30/america-was-eager-for-chinese-immigrants-what-happened MichaelRogge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Z-dxyhuDw UC Berkeley AAADS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfHsquiTSns Kinolibrary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWxdalQPMBU, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poXoe66V96Q CBC Docs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8yMdMVRYr0 NBC News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMMkMBQg8Pg 🎵 OTHER CREDITS 🎵 Produced by Randy Lau, Grace Phan Edited by Willard Chan, Nicole Cheng Translation by Arlene Chiu, David Loh Intro Flute Music - Performed by Daddy Lau Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/49e6fa9c Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/4ca8cc15 💛 OUR FAMILY 💛 Learn more about the Lau family, and why we started this channel + blog: https://madewithlau.com/family 👋 CONNECT WITH US 👋 https://www.tiktok.com/@madewithlau https://www.instagram.com/madewithlau https://www.facebook.com/madewithlau https://www.pinterest.com/madewithlau 🙏 SUPPORT OUR CHANNEL 🙏 If you enjoy these videos and want to support us being able to continue creating content for many years to come, we’d love for you to consider becoming a patron of Made With Lau. https://www.patreon.com/madewithlau