Recipes · inspired by Omurice in the manga Kitchen Princess, volume 4
Quick Omurice
Ketchup fried rice wrapped in a soft omelet and finished with a ketchup heart. A Japanese diner favorite.
- Ready in
- 15 min
- Ingredients
- 5
- Makes
- 1 big or 2 small
- Level
- easy
Kitchen Princess is a manga by Natsumi Ando and Miyuki Kobayashi in which every chapter is named after a dish. This is our own quick, family-friendly version of that dish, not the recipe from the book.
Omurice (omelet plus rice) is comfort food all over Japan, and the ketchup drawing on top is half the fun.
Make it a learning moment: watch the egg change from clear and runny to white and solid as it cooks. That is heat changing the egg’s proteins.
Ingredients
Steps
Kids a child can do this step Grown-up hot, sharp or tricky
- Kids Microwave the rice with the vegetables or ham for 2 minutes, then stir in the ketchup.
- Kids Beat the eggs with a pinch of salt.
- Grown-up Melt the butter in a nonstick pan over medium heat, pour in the eggs and swirl. Cook until set with no runny egg, about 2 minutes.
- Grown-up Spoon the rice onto one half of the omelet, fold the other half over and slide it onto a plate.
- Kids Draw a ketchup heart, smile or name on top.
