Best Vietnamese Omelette Recipes

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VIETNAMESE OMELETTE



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Delicious and nutritious, a good vegetarian dish with excellent flavour and low in fat. This recipe is quick and simple to make.

Provided by MellowMel

Categories     Vegetable

Time 35m

Yield 4 omelettes, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

5 dried shiitake mushrooms
8 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh vietnamese mint
1 tablespoon peanut oil
5 green onions, sliced thinly
2 garlic cloves, crushed
230 g sliced bamboo shoots, drained
1 medium carrot, sliced thinly
1 large red capsicum, sliced thinly
1 cup bean sprouts
1 tablespoon mild chili sauce
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh coriander

Steps:

  • Place mushrooms in small heatproof bowl, cover with boiling water. Stand for 20 minutes; drain. Discard stems, slice capsicums thinly.
  • Meanwhile, whisk eggs, milk and mint in a medium bowl until combined.
  • Heat half of the oil in medium frying pan; cook onion, garlic and bamboo shoots, stirring until onion softens. Add carrot and capsicum; cook, stirring, until carrot is just tender. Add mushrooms, sprouts, sauces and coriander; cook, stirring, until heated through. Remove from pan; keep warm.
  • Heat remaining oil in pan. Add a quarter of the egg mixture; cook over medium heat, tilting pan, until egg mixture is almost set. Place a quarter of the vegetable mixture evenly over half of the omelette.
  • Fold omelette over to enclose filling, slide onto serving place. Repeat with remaining egg and vegetable mixtures.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 268.7, Fat 14.9, SaturatedFat 4.5, Cholesterol 427.3, Sodium 734.4, Carbohydrate 17.4, Fiber 4.4, Sugar 8.1, Protein 18.4

VIETNAMESE OMELETTE



Vietnamese Omelette image

I learned a similar recipe to this from a Vietnamese family. They like to put MSG instead of salt in it - so do I, but I know it's very unfashionable.

Provided by becy959

Categories     Breakfast

Time 20m

Yield 1 omelette, 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 eggs
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 handful coriander
1/2 handful garlic chives
1 spring onion
1/2 shallot
1 pinch salt
1 pinch pepper
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 garlic clove
1 birds-eye red chili

Steps:

  • Chop coriander, spring onion and garlic chives and set aside.
  • Mince the garlic and chili and put in a bowl.
  • Add the two eggs and beat.
  • Add the fish sauce.
  • Slice the shallot finely.
  • Heat the vegetable oil in a thick based frypan.
  • Add shallots.
  • Once they start to sizzle, pour egg mixture over it.
  • Fry until egg starts to cook.
  • Sprinkle chopped green herbs and salt and pepper onto top of omelette.
  • Fold omelette in half and cover the pan.
  • Put heat on low and cook gently for a few minutes, checking it isn't burning underneath.
  • Flip omelette half to do the other side.
  • Serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 286.2, Fat 23.2, SaturatedFat 4.9, Cholesterol 372, Sodium 1714.3, Carbohydrate 5.2, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 1.4, Protein 14.2

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