Long Beans & Onion Omelette Chinese Style (Snake Beans) | BIG Bites MY

Long Beans and Onion Omelette Chinese Style

Occasionally I like a burst of colors on my plate.

Omelette a simple dish to put together with whatever you have in your fridge if you are in a hurry. I like my Asian style omelette to have a crisp golden brown bottom. It tastes so much better.

With preparation and cook time of under 20 minutes, this is really SO EASY LAH! The recipe shown here feeds one, just double up accordingly if you are cooking for more.

Eating a rainbow with a bowl of hot rice is so much fun!

Watch video for step-by-step method of preparation

CLICK HERE FOR PRINTABLE RECIPE CARD

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Serving: 1 (increase portions accordingly if you are cooking for more)

Ingredients:

• 3 strands of long beans / snake beans
• 2 eggs
• 1 red onion
• 1/2 teaspoon chicken stock granules
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil

Method:

1. Peel and slice onion
2. Discard the dried end parts and dice long beans / snake beans
3. Crack 2 eggs into a bowl and beat until fluffy
4. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil over medium low heat
5. Saute onion and long beans for a few minutes (half cooked)
6. Add chicken stock granules and salt
7. Mix well and scoop onion and long beans into beaten egg
8. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan over medium low heat
9. Pour in egg mixture and spread it out evenly
10. Cover the pan so that the top sets quickly. Cook over low heat.
11. When the egg puffs up and pulls away from the sides of the pan, it's ready to be flipped
12. Flip omelette and let the top part cook for a minute just to set it
13. Place a plate over the pan and flip omelette into the plate
14. Ready to be served as it is or you may slice it up any which way you like
    

Notes:

• If you prefer French beans, you can use that instead of long beans / snake beans