Hello hi everyone! Today we’re adding to our TV and film hack series with a request that a lot of folks have been asking for, which is a Chinese egg foo young. More specifically, we’ll be taking some inspiration from this comically racist scene from the 1970 disney film “the Aristocats," which was recently pulled from Disney Plus.

For those not familiar, egg foo young is a dish that actually does originate from traditional Chinese cuisine as a sort of “leftover egg scramble” of sorts, where restaurants essentially throw all of their leftover scraps into a wok with some eggs, scramble it like a frittata, and top it with a savory sauce. What a lot of folks might not realize though is that a truly traditional egg foo young is actually deep fried (not scrambled), giving it a much more crispy and fluffy texture than the more commonly found scrambled versions. Hope you try it!

Bookmark the recipe here (out April 2nd), bookmark the stream here, and pick up the ingredients below if you want to follow along and cook dinner with me.

INGREDIENTS

• 4 cloves garlic

• 1 tbsp (about 1 inch) ginger

• 2 green onions

• 1/2 medium sweet white onion

• 1/4 cup bean sprouts

• 4 eggs

• 2 medium chicken thighs

• corn starch

• peanut oil

• kosher salt

• shaoxing wine

INGREDIENTS (marinade)

• 2 tbsp soy sauce

• 1/4 tsp white pepper

• 1/4 tsp corn starch

INGREDIENTS (gravy)

• 4 tbsp low sodium soy sauce (or 2 tbsp full sodium soy sauce

• 1 tbsp sesame oil

• 1 tbsp shaoxing wine

• 2 tbsp dark soy sauce

• 2 tbsp oyster sauce

• 1 tbsp oyster sauce

• 2 tbsp doubanjiang

• 2 cups stock

• 2 tbsp corn starch slurry