Easy Asian Recipes: #1. Omu-Rice (Japanese Omelet Rice)

Easy High-Fiber Meal!

(Brown Rice is a great source of fiber, B vitamins, manganese, selenium and iron)   

Ingredients

• For Ham fried rice:
• 1 cup of ham, diced
• 1 tbsp. fish sauce (or salt)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup of chopped onions
• 2 cups of steamed brown rice
• 1 tbsp. ketchup for garnish
• 1 tbsp. cooking oil
• For the omelet:
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tbsp. milk
• 1 tbsp. fish sauce (or salt)
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tbsp. cooking oil

How to cook

• Make ham fried rice: 
• Heat the cooking oil in a large frying pan at medium- heat.           
• Add the diced onion and sauté until soft. 
• Add ham and egg; continue cooking until they are cooked through.
• Add the cooked rice to the pan and mix everything together, adding fish sauce or salt. 
• Stir fry the ingredients for about 2 minutes, until the rice has dried out slightly. 
• Then turn off the heat. Set ham fried rice aside.

• Make the omelets: 
• Beat 2 of the eggs together in a bowl with 1 tablespoon of the milk, and 1 tablespoon of fish sauce or a pinch of salt and pepper.  
• Heat 1 tablespoon of cooking oil in a frying pan over medium heat, then pour the egg mixture into the heated pan and tilt the pan to spread the egg mixture thinly across the pan. 
• Fry the omelet until the edges have set. 

• Add the ham fried rice filling in the middle of the omelet. 

• Gently lift one edge of the omelet.  Fold one side of the egg over the filling.

• Repeat with the other side. 

• Fry until the egg is golden brown. 

• Flip omelet onto a serving plate. Garnish omelet with additional ketchup such as a smiley face. 

Ready to serve!