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Tamago Kake Gohan (Japanese Egg Rice)

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Total time
65 min
Serves
1
Cuisine
Japanese
Tamago Kake Gohan (Japanese Egg Rice)

Ingredients

Kombu Soy Cured Egg Yolk (optional, but highly recommended)

  • 1 egg yolk (I personally like to make extra just in case)
  • soy sauce or tamari (enough to cover the yolks)
  • 1/4 tsp mirin
  • 1/2 strip kombu

Tamago Kake Gohan

  • 1 1/4 cup hot cooked white rice ( short grain (1/2 cup dry))
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp tamari
  • 3/4 tbsp mirin
  • 1 dash msg (my favorite is aji-no-moto)

Optional Toppings

  • 1 green onion (green and light green part, thinly sliced)
  • salsa macha
  • shichimi togarashi
  • nori pieces

Steps

  1. 1

    Mix the Rice: Add your piping hot rice to a bowl and make a well in the center of the rice. Crack a whole egg in the middle and then add tamari, mirin and msg. With chopsticks, whip vigorously to emulsify until the rice and egg are creamy and a little frothy.

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