Vietnamese Omelette

This is truly one of my favourite meals... it's easy to make, it's not very expensive, and although it does have quite a few eggs in it, it's relatively healthy!

Ingredients:
Shitake mushrooms (as many as you like! in my case it was...many....!!!)
8 eggs
1/2 cup milk (we used soy milk)
handful of mint (chopped)
oil (you can use peanut oil, we just use olive oil)
2 cloves garlic (crushed)
bamboo shoots (we used chili infused bamboo from a jar)
1 carrot (grated)
spring onion (approx 5)
1 cup bean sprouts
sweet chili sauce (approx 1 tbsp)
soy sauce (approx 2 tbsp)
fresh coriander (chopped)


Let's DO thiiiiiis:
Whisk the eggs, milk, and mint in a bowl and set aside. (HOW HARD WAS THAT!??!)

In your frying pan, cook up your spring onion, garlic, and bamboo shoots for 5 mins. Now, add your carrot, mushrooms, and sprouts. Give that another 2 mins, then you add in your sauces and the chopped coriander. Stir through until it's all heated. Now, tip this into a container or bowl and set to one side.

Put a little more oil in your pan and tip in 1/2 of your egg mixture. If you need to, tilt the pan so that the egg coats the entire inside. If you have a frying pan lid, put this on now. If you're like us, and you don't have a frying pan lid, it's time to use your ingenuity (we found a large wooden chopping board and placed it over the top of the pan to trap some of the heat in). Let this cook until it is almost completely set.


Now, spoon some of your previously cooked vegetable mixture onto half of the omelette. I'm not giong to lie, the next bit takes a bit of practice... you need to fold the omelette over to enclose the filling. It can sometimes turn out a little.... ugly... but if you have a large egg-flipper and a strong will, you can make it work! That's it, you're done! It's really up to you how much of the egg you use - you can do thinner omelettes with more filling, or thick omelettes with less filling. We usually cook up enough vegetables to store half in the fridge and have cook more then next night. Enjoy!!