rolled omelet

  • Serves: 4
  • Calories: 186 kcal
  • Total Time: 15 m
    • Prep: 5 m
    • Cook: 10 m
  • Japanese: Tamago-yaki
Rolled Omelet
ingredients

ingredients:

  • 4 eggs
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
  • a little salt
  • 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1/2 tablespoon sake
  • a little salad oil
step1

step 1:

Beat the eggs. Add sugar, salt, sake, soy sauce and mix. Heat a frying pan for 1 minute.

step2

step 2:

Reduce to medium heat. Using a paper towel which has been soaked with salad oil, coat the surface of the frying pan.

step3

step 3:

With a ladle, pour some of the egg mixture into the frying pan and tilt it so that it spreads evenly over the bottom. Puncture any air bubbles which form with chopsticks.

step4

step 4:

When the surface is half cooked, pick up the far end with chopsticks and fold it over 2 times towards you.

step5

step 5:

Return the folded egg back to the other side of the pan. Coat the surface of the pan not covered by the egg with salad oil.

step6

step 6:

Pour 2 ladles of the egg mixture into the frying pan. Lift the edge of the cooked egg so that the raw egg mixture flows under it. Puncture any air bubbles which form with chopsticks. Cook until half done (1 to 2 minutes).

step7

step 7:

Hold the far end with chopsticks and fold it over once towards you.

step8

step 8:

Repeat Step 5, this time pouring in the remaining egg mixture. Repeat Step 6 and Step 7.

step9

step 9:

When cooked, adjust the shape with a spatula.

Tamago-yaki

comment:

Slice into 2 or 3 cm. sized pieces. The sweet taste is the main point! In Japan, it is often used in boxed lunches.

Typical Meals – Rolled Omelet