Fujianese Oyster Omelette (Ke Zai Jian) — Starch and Egg Technique
Fujian Province; Taiwan
Ke zai jian (蚵仔煎) — oyster omelette — is a Fujianese and Taiwanese street food: fresh oysters are folded into a starchy egg mixture made with tapioca or sweet potato starch, fried until the starch creates a chewy-crispy surface. The characteristic texture is half-crunchy, half-gelatinous — deliberately textured with both crispy and sticky elements. A spicy-sweet chili sauce is the canonical accompaniment.