From these dishes early creative Chinese chefs in the American 50's and 60's created a pancake filled with eggs, vegetables and meat or seafood.
To most western consumers, the dish usually appears as a well-folded omelette with the non-egg ingredients embedded in the egg mixture and covered with or served in sauce or gravy. It is readily prepared for take-out and packed in a container.
It may be made with various vegetables often used in Westernized Chinese cuisine, such as celery and water chestnuts. When meat is used as an ingredient, a choice of shredded roast pork, shrimp, shredded chicken or sometimes lobster is usually offered.
In a regional variation, many American-Chinese restaurants in St. Louis, Missouri serve what is called a St. Paul sandwich, which is an Egg Foo Young patty served with mayonnaise, dill pickle and sometimes lettuce and tomato between two slices of soft Wonder Bread.
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