Adapting a Chinese food favorite for home made, lighter, meat-free option. Using some pre-made items, like sauce and veggie mixes. I do not use the traditional pancakes with this recipe..I just serve in a bowl or with brown rice.
Ingredients:
1 bag of pre-made cole slaw mix of your preference (I like the ones with carrots or even tiny bits of kale)
1 8 oz package mushrooms (can be button, shiitake, etc, or a blend of your favorites), sliced
1 package fresh bean sprouts
2 stalks green onion, sliced (separate green and white sections)
2 large eggs, whisked
1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 tbs sesame oil
1/4 to 1/2 c hoisin sauce (to your taste)
2 tbs soy sauce (optional)
Instructions:
1. Scramble the eggs in a pan over medium heat until cooked through and set aside. You can scramble into an omelet shape and slice later, or you can cook the eggs into "crumbles"
2. In the same pan, add some veg oil or peanut oil and a bit of sesame oil and heat over medium. All the veggies in this order so that harder ones can soften more. I cook each about a minute and add the next item...
-- Red bell pepper
-- sliced mushrooms
-- bean sprouts
-- cole slaw mix
-- white parts of green onion
3. Add hoisin and stir in thoroughly. The amount of sauce should cover everything, but not be thick.
4. Add scrambled eggs.
5. Reduce to low and cover the pan to let the ingredients cook together until soft, but still have nice bite.
6. If you like, you can add a little soy sauce, or additional sesame oil for flavor (be careful how much of each are added as their flavors are strong. Stir in all ingredients thoroughly).
7. Top with green parts of green onion
Other things that you can adjust for your taste, include:
- more scrambled egg
- fancy mushrooms
- for more onion add more of the green tops into the cooking time
- other veggies that you like. I can see adding more carrot or a julienne of zucchini,
- top with toasted sesame seeds (toast them in a pan on the stove top and sprinkle)
- top with meat or tofu. I separated the portions I was going to save in the fridge and added a small portion of pre-cooked chicken and incorporated into what remained on the stove. If you want to add meat, I would season and saute the slices of chicken or pork and remove from the pan before starting the veggies. Then incorporate the meat at the end. If you want to do tofu, just drain and press some firm tofu, cut it into bars and cover in seasoned cornstarch. You can fry in a pan to get a crust and add to the veggies at the end. I like making the entire dish vegetarian and adding meat later so I can choose whether to eat meat or not.
- you could add minced garlic or ginger if you like the punch of flavor
- if you dont like bagged cole slaw mix, you can definitely make this out of cabbage, carrots, broccoli slaw and probably even brussels sprout mixes.
