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Omiurice onigiri

Easy Omurice Recipe

This easy rice cooker omurice recipe brings together fluffy eggs and savory ketchup fried rice made with minimal effort. A quick, one-pot twist on the classic Japanese comfort food!
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Prep Time:10 minutes
Rice cooker time:55 minutes
Course: bento, Main Course, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: Japanese
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Servings: 4 people

Equipment

  • 1 Rice cooker
  • 1 onigiri mold optional

Ingredients

Ketchup rice

  • 1.5 cups short-grain/ medium-grain rice 2 rice cooker cups
  • 1 cup filtered water 1.25 rice cooker cups
  • 3 tbsp sake
  • 3 tbps mirin
  • 2 tbps soy sauce
  • 1 tsp chicken bouillon
  • 1/2 onion diced
  • 1/2 carrot diced
  • 3/4 lb chicken thigh cubed
  • 8 tbsp ketchup
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • salt and pepper
  • 3 eggs

Egg omlet

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp cream
  • 1 tbsp mirin
  • sugar pinch
  • salt pinch

Instructions

Prepare the ketchup fried rice base

  • Wash the rice and add it to the rice cooker pot.
    make rice
  • Add sake, mirin soy sauce, and chicken bouillon directly to the pot.
    add sauce to rice
  • Pour in water (adjust to the rice cooker’s fill line for your rice quantity).
  • Add grated garlic and stir gently to mix the sauce with the rice.
    grated garlic
  • Add chopped onion, carrots, and diced chicken on top. Don’t stir after this.
    add chicken
  • Close the lid and start the rice cooker on the white rice or regular cook setting. My rice cooker goes for 55 minutes.
    cook rice
  • Let it finish the cycle. Once done, add eggs and close the lid immediately. The heat will cook the eggs in about 10 minutes (steam for less time if you want soft runny eggs).
    add eggs
  • Add butter, ketchup, salt and pepper. Fluff the rice gently to mix everything evenly.
    Add ketchup

Make the Omelet

  • In a bowl, whisk eggs with a bit of cream, mirin, and a pinch of sugar and salt.
    make eggs
  • Heat butter in a non-stick pan over low heat.
  • Pour a thin layer of egg and cook until just set or slightly runny or well done based off your preferred style.
    thin layer of eggs
  • You can flip if over if you want well done eggs or cook one side and have the eggs a little runny.
    slightly runny eggs

Assemble

  • Scoop the cooked ketchup rice into a bowl or plate.
  • Gently place or drape the cooked omelet over the rice.
  • Optional: drizzle with extra ketchup, demi-glace, or add cheese on top.

Assemble into omurice onigiri

  • Scoop the cooked ketchup rice into onigiri mold, press down, and release
    onigiri mold
  • Line plate with plastic wrap (this will help egg stick to onigiri) and lay a layer of egg
    line plate
  • Place onigiri in the middle and wrap the onigiri with the egg. Use the plastic wrap to keep the egg and onigiri in place.
    wrap with plastic
  • Remove plastic wrap before eating
  • Optional: decorate with extra ketchup
    decorate with ketchup
  • Serve and enjoy!