Japanese Rice Omelette
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Japanese rice omelette. Japanese kids favourite dish omurice japanese rice omelette is another western influenced japanese dish. It belongs to the category of so called western food know as yoshoku. A plain omelet cloaks ketchup flavored fried rice often called chicken rice even when it s made with ham or bacon or no meat at all. The word omurice or omuraisu オムライス is a typical japanese made english dish.
Chef shintaro eleazar okuda of bar moga in nyc is sick of amateur omurice omelette videos so he came to the munchies test kitchen to demonstrate how it s do. It quickly spread to their neighboring countries like korea and taiwan. Omurice a beloved staple of japanese home cooking is a linguistic and literal mash up of omelet and rice. Add the cooked rice 2 tablespoons ketchup ham and cheese if using.
At most japanese restaurants we have in the bay area omurice is not even on the menu but i think this dish is pretty well known and popular in asian countries outside of japan. Scoop the mixture onto a serving bowl and shape into an oval. Omurice is a japanese word for omelet and rice and is an omelet wrapped around fried rice and topped with ketchup a perfect example of western influence on japanese cuisine in japan you will find omurice cooked at home and served at western style diners. Today s recipe is omurice or japanese omelette rice i received a lot of requests from readers for this recipe and i was a bit surprised how popular this dish is.
Omurice or omuraisu made from the combined words of omelet and rice raisu in japanese is basically that but with a japanese twist. It s a fairly popular fusion dish said to have come from a western style japanese restaurant in the early 2000s.
