Omurice
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Omurice

Photo : Leo Okuyama / Unsplash

15m
Prépa
15m
Cuisson
2
Portions
Moyen
Difficulté

Riz sauté au ketchup et au poulet, enveloppé dans une omelette moelleuse au beurre.

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Portions

2portions

Ingrédients

Nutrition

calories620
protein29g
carbs72g
fat23g
fiber3g

Par portion

Étapes

Cook the chicken

Cook the chicken

Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat and cook the chicken for about 4 minutes, stirring now and then, until no pink remains. Add the onion, mushrooms and peas and cook for 3 more minutes until the onion softens.

  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 150 g chicken thigh
  • ½ onion
  • 50 g mushrooms
  • 50 g frozen peas

✅ C'est prêt quand : chicken is lightly browned with no pink inside and reaches 74°C/165°F internally; onion is soft

⏱7:00
Make the ketchup rice

Make the ketchup rice

Add the rice, ketchup, half the salt and the pepper to the pan and stir-fry over medium-high heat for about 3 minutes, until the rice is evenly red and hot through. Shape into two oval mounds on serving plates.

  • 350 g cooked rice
  • 4 tbsp ketchup
  • ¼ tsp salt (half of total)
  • 1 pinch black pepper

✅ C'est prêt quand : rice is uniformly red and steaming hot

⏱3:00
Beat the eggs

Beat the eggs

In a bowl, beat 2 eggs with 1 tablespoon of the milk and a small pinch of the remaining salt. Beat the other 2 eggs with the rest of the milk and salt in a separate bowl, keeping the two omelette mixtures apart.

  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • ¼ tsp salt (remaining half)
Cook the omelette

Cook the omelette

Melt half the butter in a small 16 cm (6-inch) non-stick pan over medium heat, then pour in one egg mixture. Stir quickly with chopsticks or a spatula for about 30 seconds, until just set underneath but still soft and creamy on top.

  • 10 g butter (half)
  • 1 portion beaten egg mixture, from step 3

✅ C'est prêt quand : egg is softly set on the bottom but still creamy on top

⏱0:30
Wrap and serve

Wrap and serve

Slide the omelette on top of a rice mound and tuck the edges underneath using a paper towel to shape it into an oval. Repeat with the remaining butter, egg mixture and rice mound, then decorate both omelettes with a little extra ketchup in a zigzag and serve.

  • extra, to taste ketchup, to decorate
  • 2 portions cooked omelette, from step 4
  • 2 mounds ketchup rice, from step 2
History & Culture

The Story Behind the Dish

📍 Tokyo and Osaka📅 Early 20th century🍳 JP

Omurice is a classic of yoshoku, Western-inspired dishes created in Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Both the Tokyo restaurant Renga-tei and the Osaka restaurant Hokkyokusei claim to have invented it.

It's now a staple of family restaurants, home kitchens and children's lunches.

⭐ Why It's Famous

Soft egg and sweet-tangy rice make it pure comfort food for all ages.

💡 Fun Fact

Some restaurants serve a 'tampopo-style' omurice: a soft omelette placed on top of the rice and cut open so it spreads over it like a blanket.

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Tokyo and Osaka

35.68°N, 139.65°E