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

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Watch Daddy Lau teach us how to make egg foo young as we trace the story of Chinese immigrants and how they won America!

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🍴 RECIPE + INGREDIENTS🍴

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🍳 COOKWARE WE USE/LOVE 🍳

- Electric Burner: https://geni.us/electricburner
- Non-Stick Wok: https://geni.us/nonstickwok
- Carbon Steel Wok: https://geni.us/carbonsteelwok
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🔗 LINKS MENTIONED 🔗

UTSC Menus Collection: https://collections.digital.utsc.utor...
American Experience:    • What was the impact of the Chinese Ex...  
Oak Park:    • You Really Should Eat This: Egg Foo Y...  
Mukbangs:    • SHRIMP EGG FOO YOUNG | GET TO KNOW US...  ,    • EGG FOO YOUNG  ,    • Egg Foo Young Chinese Food Eating Sho...  
New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...
MichaelRogge:    • Chinatown, San Francisco a century ago  
UC Berkeley AAADS:    • The Evolution and Legacy of Chinatown...  
Kinolibrary:    • 1970s New York, Bernstein's Kosher Ch...  ,    • Chinese Food in 1970s New York, HD fr...  
CBC Docs:    • Видео  
NBC News:    • On Patrol: Stopping Anti-Asian Violen...  

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⏲ 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?

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🎵 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
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