Copy Crab-Chinese food recipe1

Are you interested in cooking healthy Chinese food? Here is a dish that is very popular in China called “赛螃蟹,” which means Copy Crab. There is an interesting story behind this dish. Long time ago, there is a poor Chinese student. He was envious of those kids who were born in rich family because they could eat crab which was a popular dish in his time, but he was too poor to afford one. Coincidently, he found that the egg white has similar taste as crab only by frying it, and actually it tastes better than the real crab. Since then Copy Crab became prevalent among poor people. Not long after, because of Copy Crab's good taste and cheap ingredient, it soon attracted more and more people.

Copy Crab Recipe:

Copy Crab 賽螃蟹 – Stir Fried Egg White

Ingredients:
1 dried scallop
5 egg whites
¼ cup of water

Seasoning:
¼ tsp of salt
¼ tsp of white sugar
1 tsp of chicken powder
1 tsp of wine
1 ¼ tsp of corn starch

Zhejiang vinegar

Cooking Method:
1. Soak the dried scallop with ¼ cup of water. Soak until tender and tear into shreds. Mix the soaking water with the seasoning. Leaves for later use.
2. Beaten egg whites. Mix with shredded scallop.
3. Heat wok with 4 tsp of oil. Pour in the seasoning mixture and bring it to boil.
4. Add egg whites/scallop mixture and braise for a while.
5. Stir well and serve with Zhejiang vinegar. You can also garnish with vegetable.

Remarks:
This is a low cholesterol healthy dish. Some recipes suggest serving with a raw egg yoke in the middle. Try not to do it. Though it looks nice but it is not healthy. Egg yoke is highly concentrated with cholesterol.