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Oyster omelette

Egg and sweet potato starch gone gloriously gluey, with small oysters through it.

Oyster omelette
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How to make oyster omelette

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O a jian

20 minutes · serves 2 · Medium

What you need

  • 12 small oysters, shucked
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 tbsp sweet potato starch
  • 5 tbsp water
  • 2 handfuls of chrysanthemum greens or lettuce
  • 2 spring onions
  • 3 tbsp ketchup
  • 1 tbsp chilli sauce
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce

What you do

  1. 1Whisk the starch into the water until it is like thin cream. This, not the egg, is what makes it stretchy.
  2. 2Get a pan properly hot with a good film of oil. Lay in the oysters for 30 seconds.
  3. 3Pour the starch slurry over and let it set into a translucent sheet, 2 minutes.
  4. 4Beat the eggs and pour them over the top, then pile on the greens and spring onion.
  5. 5Flip in halves — it will not come away cleanly and that is fine. Another minute.
  6. 6Mix the sauce ingredients and pour over. Eat with a spoon.

Without oysters

15 minutes · serves 2 · Easy

What you need

  • 3 eggs
  • Sweet potato starch
  • Water
  • Lettuce
  • Spring onion
  • Ketchup
  • Chilli sauce

What you do

  1. 1Same method, no oysters. Still gluey, still good, no longer the dish.
  2. 2A few prawns are a closer swap than nothing.