Best Classic American Dish

Shrimp Egg Foo Yung: EFY represents one of the pinnacles of Chinese-American cooking: a magnificent puck of onions and sprouts mixed with shrimp, fried in an egg batter, smothered in brown gravy, and served over an abundance of rice cooked to creaminess. The dish may have originated as an oyster omelet in Fujian or Formosa, but was then transmitted to the town of Placerville, a California gold-mining town, where it became known as Hangtown Fry. So popular was it, that multiple version went all over the country, substituting other meats and vegetables for oysters. Farfetched? But delicious.

Source: The Village Voice

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