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Omurice Recipe
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5 from 2 votes

Omurice Recipe

Ketchup-flavored fried chicken rice wrapped in an egg crepe.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: chicken, egg, fried rice
Servings: 2 servings

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Ingredients

  • 1 chicken thigh
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 Tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 2 cups cooked rice
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • pepper
  • 3 Tbsp ketchup
  • 1/4 cup frozen green peas

egg crepe

  • 2 eggs
  • salt
  • 1 tsp oil

Instructions

  • Cut chicken thigh into 1" pieces. Cut onion finely.
  • Melt butter and add oil in a frying pan at medium heat. Add chicken and cook for 1-2 minutes. Add onion and cook until onion becomes translucent.
  • Add cooked rice and cook mixing for 2 minutes. Season rice with salt and pepper. Make room in the frying pan and add ketchup. Cook only ketchup for 30 seconds to cook it down. Mix rice and ketchup and fry together for 1-2 minutes. Then add frozen peas and cook some more.
  • Place half of the ketchup rice into a rice bowl or similar kind of bowl, pack lightly, and unmold on a plate. Make another one.
  • Beat eggs and a pinch of salt together. Heat frying pan with 1/2 tsp oil. Pour 1/2 of egg mixture onto hot frying pan and make a crepe-like thin round egg sheet. Cover molded rice with egg sheet to form an oval shape. Repeat one more time.

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