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Homestyle Japanese Omurice

Name: Homestyle Japanese Omurice
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: ~2 cups Koshihikari rice (short-grain Japanese rice); ~200 g chicken; ½ onion; ~½ carrot; ~150 g eringi mushroom; ~½ cup frozen peas; ~3 eggs; ~2 tbsp soy sauce; ~2 tbsp tomato ketchup; ~½ cup Japanese demi-glace sauce; ~¼ cups stock; ~1 tbsp parsley; ~3 tbsp oil; ~½ tsp salt

One of Japan's most beloved homestyle dishes. Simple chicken fried rice wrapped in a soft omelette and topped with Japanese demi-glace sauce. This is the most popular way to prepare it at home.

Adapted from a video by Adam Liaw

Homestyle Japanese Omurice | オムライス | Fried Rice Friday #4

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Ingredients

Koshihikari rice (short-grain Japanese rice)cooked the day before and chilled overnight~2 cupsest.
chicken~200 gest.
onion½
carrot~½est.
eringi mushroom~150 gest.
frozen peas~½ cupest.
eggs~3est.
soy sauce~2 tbspest.
tomato ketchup~2 tbspest.

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1
Prepare ingredients by dicing the onion, carrot, mushroom, and chicken. Shred the parsley and set aside.
2
Heat oil in a frying pan and sauté the onions.
3
Add the mushroom and carrot, continue stirring.
4
Add the chicken and mix well.
5
Add the peas and season with salt.
6
Add the chilled rice and break it up while frying. Use plenty of oil to coat each grain evenly.
7
Season with soy sauce and tomato ketchup, mix thoroughly until done. Transfer to a plate.
8
Warm the demi-glace sauce in a saucepan and dilute it slightly with stock.
9
Rinse the frying pan, heat it, and add oil. Pour in the beaten eggs and gently push them toward the center to cook evenly, similar to making a regular omelette.
10
When the eggs are still wet and soft-set, immediately slide the omelette onto the rice.
11
Pour the warm demi-glace sauce over the omelette and garnish with parsley to finish.

Homestyle Japanese Omurice

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