Shrimp Egg Foo Young & Perfect Egg Foo Young Gravy! | The Woks of Life

There’s just something about Shrimp Egg Foo Young. Everyone loves the combination of fluffy egg, shrimp, aromatic onions, and crunchy bean sprouts—all doused with a tasty brown gravy. If it doesn’t sound good to you at first—just wait until you taste it. You’ll see what we mean! 

Also, for the first time, we’ve got instructions for the traditional deep-frying method AND a pan-frying method that is much lighter on oil. We’ll share our thoughts on the difference but leave it up to you to decide which is better! 

0:00 - Opener
0:46 - Intro
2:40 - Egg Foo Young prep
4:53 - How to make perfect egg foo young gravy!
11:06 - Egg Foo Youngwhat a batter and deep frying
20:10 - How to pan fry egg foo young
25:47 - Serving egg foo young
26:37 - Taste test!

Thanks for watching!
- Bill, Judy, Sarah, and Kaitlin
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[tamarashort]

I'm from Baltimore, Md and Egg Foo Young is a staple in every Chinese corner carryout restaurant. The right gravy is key to this dish and it looks like you nailed it here. No two restaurants make the gravy the same, which is why most folks here find one they love and stick to it! Thank you for this.

[deloreslee]

I live n NC and all the restaurants we order from here will not make egg foo young. When we lived in Baltimore we use to have it all the time. Thanks for this video. My sister and I will put it to use. Your directions to every step made it easy for me to say, “I can do this.” Thank you

[michaeljoy]

This might be it. This might be the BEST egg foo young recipe I've ever seen. Clear, concise, educational...looks damn good! I'm in.

[OtherwiseBother]

You channel brings comfort man and truly deserve more views . Very casual cooking and lovely family!

[davidlevine]

speaking as an American professional chef who spent 30+ years living in Asia and working in Chinese and Thai hotel kitchens as Exec Chef/F&B Manager, your gravy is fantastic! i have made it 4 times now.

i have been in love with Egg Foo Yung since i was a child. i like combinations so i added some julienne of Roast Prok Tenderloin, as well as some sliced mushrooms.

[williecunningham]

The way he explains the dish makes me hungry for this food!!!!

[ThePoundcake]

OMG, I wish I could tell you how long I’ve been looking for a gravy for egg foo young. When I lived in Philadelphia, my favorite spots all made egg foo young with gravy. And it was delicious. When I moved back to Pittsburgh, it’s impossible to find “gravy” all of the takeout spots serve with brown sauce. Thank you for this beautiful recipe. I can’t wait to try it!!

[DAVID-ionj]

Grew up in Hawaii, family owned a Chinese restaurant. We are immigrants from Hong Kong. Never heard of gravy on egg fu yong until much later in life when talking to my future wife who grew up in New Jersey. Learned from her just how different Chinese food is in other parts of the country.

[divemasterben]

Best step by step video on YouTube! Thank you for showing 2 ways of cooking Egg Foo Young!

[prettynikki]

Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY., but have been living in Texas for many years. I MISS REALLY GOOD CHINESE FOOD SO MUCH!!!
In all of my years in Texas., I have yet to find really good Chinese food. One of my favorite dishes is Shrimp w/ Lobster Sauce., but I also love a really good Shrimp Egg Foo Young!!! I’ve already made the first dish myself., so I will definitely be trying this dish as well!!! Thank you for making the directions so simple and easy to do!!! 😊

[sandravinup]

Every time we went to the Chinese restaurant my dad always got egg foo young. I wish he was alive now. I would practice this a couple times and take the ingredients to my parents’ and cook it for them. My dad would be so happy.

[paulweiss]

I think that egg foo young and shrimp in lobster sauce were the first Chinese dishes I fell in love with, as a kid in Monticello, NY in the first half of the 1950s, and in Brooklyn during the second half. Half a dozen years ago I remembered egg foo young, not having eaten it for a half-century, found your recipe, and have been using it since then. Thanks for having helped me to find that childhood favorite dish again! One irony of the explosion of cooking-related information about the world’s foodways, especially by means of videos on the web, is that although I can find superb materials to help me perfect an idiomatically correct “tripes à la mode de Caen, ” or an authentic cochinita pibil from the Yucatán, there just isn’t much available that treats Chinese American food with the same care and respect. Certainly much of the food served at mid-century strip mall restaurants (from whatever ethnic heritage) is better left forgotten, but the best of it should not be.

[adda]

I made this tonight and I absolutely loved it! Egg Foo Young is one of my favorite Chinese dishes and it holds a lot of fun memories from when I was younger. Now I can make it myself any day 😋

[FrazierMtnCheese]

This is the best video I've seen on making one of my favorite dishes 😋

[roberth]

China town to eat in Chicago was a real treat..This was in the 1950's I remember fondly the Egg Foo Young at Won Kow . ..Trying to make this dish a number of times was very dissapointing ..Now I know why from your video. The best Egg Foo Young I've ever had was in Seattle at a small Chinese restaurant ..The sauce was more like a rue gravy like in your video..I would dream about that dish...So thank you ..can't wait now to make your style Egg Foo Young.with much better results than in my past tries

[debbielevin]

I’d love to see more from Chef Bill. He is interesting and the way explains each step definitely takes away my hesitation to cook egg foo young. Great job Chef

[lianebabb]

Egg foo young is my absolute favorite, and you’re so right….. the gravy is the king of the dish and many just don’t make it tasty. It’s so hard to find this good dish at restaurants so thank you for making this deliciousness for us! Many thanks to you and your beautiful family 😊

[imari]

Hey there!! This is my first time visiting your channel. I love, love, love Egg Foo Young especially with shrimp. Yours turned out beautifully!

[dianamorris]

Egg foo young, is the only way I will allow onion in my eggs, love it. Its actually the first Chinese dish I ate. I was hooked after that.

[lorettadudley]

Thank you for showing both methods wok and pan fry