Khổ Qua Xúc Hột Gà (Bittermelon Omelette)

This dish is traditionally made with duck eggs as they are cheaper than chicken eggs. However, in the US chicken eggs are much cheaper and easier to find than duck eggs, thus they are used in place of duck eggs.

Ingredients:
-1 bittermelon
-1/2 medium onion
-4 eggs
-1 tbs fish sauce
-1 tsp sugar
-1/2 tsp pepper
-pinch of salt
-cooking oil

What to Do:
Wash and slice bittermelon in half lengthwise then remove seeds and slice diagonally into thin pieces. Peel onion and slice thinly like bittermelon. Mix together bittermelon and onions. Beat together eggs, fish sauce, sugar, salt and pepper. Add a little oil into a non stick pan, stir fry some bittermelon and onion until fragrant, add some egg and rotate the pan so that the eggs glace the pan’s surface. Cover and cook on medium heat for a few mins. Remove with a spatula and repeat until done.