Foo Tay Dän (Chinese Ham and Eggs)
Origin: Chicago, Illinois
Source: Sara Bosse and Onoto Watanna (Winnifred Eaton), 1914
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 1 tablespoon ham fat
- 1/2 cup ham
- 1/2 dozen water chestnuts
- 1/2 small onion
Instructions
- Heat one tablespoonful of ham fat very hot.
- Chop up half a cupful of ham meat; slice thin half a dozen water chestnuts and half a small onion.
- Fry all together for five minutes.
- Beat six eggs, turn them into the pan, and scramble.