DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Omurice
Also known as: omuraisu, オムライス
Namiko Hirasawa Chen’s selected omurice wraps ketchup-seasoned chicken rice in a strained-egg omelette, folds it around the filling and finishes the oval with more ketchup.
About Omurice
Research draft based on the references below. These notes describe particular recipes and presentations; ingredient connections are still being reviewed.
Namiko Hirasawa Chen’s omurice wraps ketchup-seasoned chicken rice in a thin omelette. She presents it as Japanese comfort food; this account follows her chicken-thigh version with ketchup on top.
Finely minced onion cooks in butter before diced chicken joins it with salt and pepper. Ketchup and Worcestershire sauce are stirred through until their excess moisture evaporates.
Prepared Japanese short-grain rice is mixed in, followed by another portion of salt and pepper and cooked green peas. The author portions this filling before shaping it for the omelette.
For each wrap, eggs and a separate portion of salt are beaten and strained. The mixture cooks in a buttered pan while chopsticks make small, soft curds.
A portion of chicken rice is placed in the centre and the omelette folds around it. It is inverted seam-side down, shaped into an oval and finished with a dollop or zigzag of the same ketchup.
Ingredients in Omurice
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- Short-grain ricebase
- Eggcoating
- Chickenprotein
- Onionbase
- Vegetable Oilcooking medium
- Buttercooking medium
- Tomato Ketchupsauce
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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Associations in the cited sources
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- Countries & places
- Japan
- Cooking traditions
- Japanese yoshoku / Namiko Hirasawa Chen chicken omurice
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.