🍳 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!

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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?

🔗 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...  

🎵 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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