How to Make Easy Omurice at Home: What’s the Special Recipe?

After Baek Jong-won’s omurice was featured on the tvN program “New Journey to the West Special – Kang’s Kitchen,” many viewers became interested in tips for making omurice easily. KBS2’s “Live Information” also introduced a method for making soft-cooked omurice.

Omurice can be thought of as a dish made by placing rice inside an omelet. Simply put, its structure is omelet + rice.

Making omurice is similar to making an omelet. Once you have mastered the basics of shaping an omelet, the taste of the finished omurice can vary greatly depending on how you stir-fry the rice that goes inside.

One variety known as tornado egg omurice gets its distinctive name from the tornado-shaped egg sheet placed on top. This type of omurice is said to have originated as a staff meal for cooks at a Western-style restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo, that made pork cutlets.

The key to omurice is the shape and moistness of the egg sheet. Although it depends on personal preference, some maintain that a proper omelet should remain soft-cooked inside. Accordingly, depending on its shape, the egg sheet served with omurice may simply be placed on top of the rice,

or it may completely cover it so that no grains of rice are visible. Here is the easy recipe for soft-cooked omurice introduced on “Live Information.”

“Live Information” Easy Omurice Recipe

1. Add 1/3 tablespoon of salt and a little heavy cream to 4 eggs, then stir at least 50 times to combine.

2. Place a frying pan over medium heat and add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil.

3. Add about 1/3 tablespoon of butter and let it melt.

4. Pour in the beaten eggs. Once the edges turn white and begin to set, stir in one direction.

5. Tidy up the edges of the softly set eggs.

6. Tilt the pan and fold over the portion that needs to cook, forming a half-moon shape.

7. Lightly tap the pan’s handle and use the resulting motion to shape the omelet.

8. Turn it over with a spatula, then transfer it to a plate.

9. Prepare a frying pan, place it over low heat, and add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil.

10. Add bacon, minced carrot, minced onion, and an appropriate amount of salt, then stir-fry for 2 minutes.

11. Add 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce and 2 bowls of rice, then stir-fry until the rice is golden brown.

12. Firmly pack the rice into a bowl, invert it onto a plate, and place the prepared omelet on top.

Once you actually try it, you will find that omurice is not particularly difficult to prepare.

Most people feel a vague sense of reluctance about paying this opportunity cost, and many people living alone will probably head to a restaurant known for its omurice.

But on a sweltering summer day, a plate of omurice made with a few simple groceries from the neighborhood supermarket and enjoyed in front of a cool fan can be an experience like no other.

[FAM Times = Reporter Kim Ji-yeon]