Omurice

Omurice

Omurice topped withketchup
Alternative names	Japanese Egg Roll Fried Rice
Place of origin	Japan
Main ingredients	Chicken eggs,rice andketchupoptional
Variations	Omu Curry, Omuhayashi (withhayashi rice), Omu-Soba, Tampopo omurice
Media: Omurice

Omuriceoromu-rice(オムライス,Omu-raisu)is aJapanesedishconsisting of anomelettemade withfried riceand thin, friedscrambled eggs,usually topped withketchup.It is a popular dish also commonly cooked at home. Children in particular enjoyomurice.It is often featured in Japan's version of achildren's meal,okosama-ranchi(お tử dạng ランチ).

Etymology

Withomuandraisubeing derived from theJapanese pronunciationof the French wordomeletteand the English wordrice,the name is an example ofwasei-eigo.

History

Stories about the origins ofomuricevary. One story says that it originated around the turn of the 20th centuryat a Western-style restaurant inTokyo'sGinzadistrict calledRenga-tei,inspired bychakin-zushi.

Another story says that the dish originated in 1925 at another Western-style restaurant – Hokkyokusei in Minami,Osaka– when a cook decided to enliven a regular customer's order of an omelet with rice.

Variations

The dish typically consists ofchikin raisu(ja) (chicken rice: rice pan-fried with ketchup and chicken) wrapped in a thin sheet of fried scrambled eggs. The ingredients flavoring the rice vary. Often, the rice is fried with various meats (but typically chicken) or vegetables, and can be flavored with beef stock,ketchup,demi-glace,white sauce or simply salt and pepper. Sometimes, rice is replaced with fried noodles (yakisoba) to makeomusoba.A variant inOkinawaisomutako,consisting of an omelet overtaco rice.Fried hot dog andSpamare also two popular meats to include in the dish.

Volga riceis another variation, albeit topped with crumb-covered pork cutlet and the whole dish is covered in rich sauce.

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  Models of various omurice dishes
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  On the inside
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  Omurice with demi-glace sauce.
• Video of the preparation of an omurice dish
• Video of cutting open an omurice

Similar dishes

Indonesian version ofnasi goreng pattayainPekanbaru,Sumatra

A similar dish exists inSoutheast Asia,especially inMalaysia,IndonesiaandSingapore,and is callednasi goreng pattaya.It is a fried rice dish, covering chicken fried rice in thinfried eggoromelet.

In popular culture

A new kind of omurice was developed for the 1985 comedy filmTampopoin collaboration with Taimeiken, a famous restaurant inNihonbashi.This version has the rice covered with a half-cooked omelet which is cut open to spread and cover the rice. This version has become so popular that it is the restaurant standard now. Home cooks typically cook a thin omelet completely and then place it over the seasoned rice and decorate it with ketchup.

Homestyle omurice is a frequent item onmaid cafémenus since the addition of ketchup allows a maid to decorate the meal easily at the table as a form of service.

See also

• List of egg topics
• List of brunch foods
• List of Japanese foods

External links

• JunsKitchen. "Fluffy Omurice (Japanese Omelet Rice)",YouTube
• Setsuko Yoshizuka. "Omu Rice",JapaneseFood.About