Easy Vietnamese Egg Omelette (Trung Chien)

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Easy to make Vietnamese Omelette whipped up in under 20 minutes. Made with simple ingredients and simple to customize to your preference. This flavorful fluffy and airy omelette can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Serve this with a bowl of rice on a busy weekday night or pair this with other Vietnamese dishes for a family gathering.

Why make this?

Enjoy this anytime. This dish can be truly enjoyed for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Easily to incorporate and serve with some fruits, a salad or paired with other delicious Vietnamese main dishes like

Cost effective while being nutritious. With soaring food cost now after the pandemic making a meal under a budget is more common now. Being budget-friendly and nutritious is important for those who want to eat a protein packed meal while not breaking the bank. 

Clean out the fridge with random ingredients. This recipe is extremely versatile. From what vegetables or meat protein you would like to mix-in. This recipe covers the traditional way of making this in Vietnam, but you can swap up some of the ingredients or skip out on other ones if you 

Why I love this recipe?

20 minutes recipes. Busy weekday and limited on time? This recipe can be made in under 20 minutes while you cook up some white rice. 

Easy to serve to unexpected guest. This is so easy and quick to whip up when you have some unexpected guest but would like to serve them a simple meal. Often times in Asian households serving a meal to guest is a proper way to welcome people into your house.

High protein. Getting enough protein in your diet is going to help curb those cravings and this recipe will be sure to deliver the high protein and low-calories.

Simple Asian Style Egg Dish

Every Asian culture has their way of making a scrambled egg omelette. What sets this recipe apart from other omelettes is the use of dried ear mushrooms, glass noodles, green onions and shallots. Its flavored with fish sauce and creates a well combined omelette with many different textures. It is also known as trứng chiên in Vietnamese or Chả trứng chiên (Vietnamese Pork Egg Omelette).

Ingredients, Substitution and Variations

Eggs. Use the best quality eggs you can buy. The quality of the eggs will bring out the beautiful yellow from the egg yolk.

ground pork. Use lean ground pork for a healthier option but any type of ground meat works really well. Chicken or turkey ground meat will give you a similar texture to ground pork. If you want to leave it out and make this without ground pork the recipe still taste great.

Woodear mushrooms. Rehydrate the woodear and finely chop it. Its gives a nice crunchy to the dish. Leave it out if you are having trouble sourcing it.

Garlic. Minced fresh garlic taste the best, you can skip this if you don’t like garlic.

Shallot. Finely minced shallot gives the omelette a nice flavor. If you don’t have shallot you can replace it with onion. Just a tablespoon is enough.

fish sauce. Fish sauce is the key to getting a umami flavor omelette. Make sure to use to measure as a little bit of fish sauce goes a long way. You don’t want to overdo it.

Salt. Sea salt is best.

green onion. I like to finely chop the green onion and use both green and white parts. Skip the green onion is you don’t like the taste.

neutral oil. Any neutral oil will work. You can go the healthy route and use avocado oil.

How to make the Vietnamese Egg Omelette 

Combined the ground pork, garlic, shallot, fish sauce and salt until well mixed.

Add the eggs and beat until well combined.

Add the finely chopped green onions and finely chopped woodear mushrooms (Set aside and mix well together.

Take a medium pan with a lid and heat the neutral oil it on high heat. Add the egg mixture and use a spatula to spread it out evenly in the pan.  Place the lid over the pan and turn the heat down to medium-low and cook for 7 – 10 minutes or until you see some bubbles forming. The edges will be crispy and the bottom will be slightly brown.

Remove the lid and use two spatulas to flip the omelette over and cook for 5 – 7 minutes or until the omelette is full cooked.

Once ready plate and top with some more green onions. Serve hot with a bowl of hot jasmine rice.

Success tips on making the best Omelette

Use fresh and high quality eggs. Using fresh and high quality eggs gives the omelette the bright yellow color. The taste of it also makes a difference when you use high versus low quality eggs. 

Use a good quality non-stick pan. To make the omelette presentable using a good quality non-stick pan is 

Beat the eggs well. I use my mom’s way and whip the eggs with a pair of chop sticks to get it really well incorporated.

FAQ

What to serve this dish with?

See below for my favorite dish to serve this omelette with. Its so versatile you can literally eat it with anything and anytime of the day.

Can I prepare this in advance?

For sure! I actually mix everything together and store it in an airtight contatiner for up to 24 hours in the fridge and when I get home from a busy day at work I heat up the pan and make this omelette for dinner.

How to store

Store the left overs in an airtight containers for up to 3 days in the refrigerator. 

If you enjoyed this recipe check recipes similar to it:

Vietnamese Egg Meatloaf (Chả Trứng Hấp) – Egg meatloaf takes longer to cook and requires more ingredients. This is served with rice dish and pork chop or can be served with rice.

Vietnamese Lemongrass chili sauce (Sot Sa Te) – Use this to top the omelette if you want a kick of flavor.

Vietnamese Pumpkin Soup (Canh Bi Do) – This is the soup that pairs perfectly with the egg omelette. Sip on some Vietnamese Pumpkin Soup while having

VIETNAMESE CARAMELIZED BRAISED PORK RIBS WITH EGGS (Thịt Kho TRUNG) – This sweet coconut flavored braised pork with egg pairs nicely with the omelette as well. 

Vietnamese Pickled Carrots and Daikon (Do Chua) – The crunchy sweet and tangy pickled carrots and daikon will give you a nice balance of flavor to eat with the egg omelette and rice.

Cooking rice with a rice cooker – New to making rice with a rice cooker, here is a fool-proof step by step instruction on how to make the perfect jasmine rice.

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