Omurice. A delicious and popular Japanese fried rice covered in a luscious blanket of soft scrambled eggs with a tangy ketchup sauce. An easy recipe ready in 30 minutes!
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What is Omurice?
Omurice is a blend of two words "omelette" and "rice". It's a western-influenced Japanese dish that contains fried rice with an egg omelette on top with a sweet brown sauce. Japanese omurice has become incredibly popular for good reason in Japanese cuisine thanks to its western influence. There are many variations of omurice, ranging in different accompanying sauces to a variety of proteins. The one I'm teaching today is with spam using a demi-glace sauce.
This popular comfort food is sold all over the streets of Japan and in many Japanese restaurants. It serves well as a complete meal for dinner or lunch for most Japanese people. Omelet rice is absolutely delicious and one of my favourite fried rice dishes.
Ingredients
You will need the following ingredients for my easy omurice recipe. Please scroll down to the recipe card below to find full instructions and details.
Fried rice:
- Cooked rice: Sushi rice or white rice will work well for this recipe. It's best to use leftover rice or day-old rice for this dish.
- Spam: or ham or minced beef or chicken.
- Onion
- Frozen mixed veggies: this can be a mixture of green peas, diced carrots, corn, or green beans
- Tomato Ketchup
- Regular soy sauce: or substitute with low sodium soy sauce or light soy sauce. If you’re gluten-free, substitute with tamari sauce, coconut aminos or a gluten-free soy sauce of your choice.
- Sesame oil
- Neutral oil: any flavorless oil like avocado oil, peanut oil, grapeseed oil, vegetable oil or canola oil with a high smoke point. I would avoid using olive oil or coconut oil due to its heavier scent.
Omurice sauce:
- Neutral oil
- Tomato Ketchup
- Regular Soy sauce
- Tonkatsu sauce: A popular Japanese sauce that is tangy, sweet, dark and thick. It gives the sauce a depth of flavor and compliments the western omelette.
- Sugar
- Water
- Milk
- Cornstarch
Omurice Omelette:
- Neutral oil
- Large eggs
- Salt
How to make Omurice
Fry Onions & Spam
In a pan set over medium high heat, add oil, followed by onions and diced spam. Fry until onions are translucent and spam is slightly brown.
Add Veggies
Add in rinsed mixed vegetables. Fry until veggies have softened, about 1-2 minutes.
Add Rice & Seasoning
Toss in cooked rice and break it down into granules. Mix everything together. Season rice with soy sauce, ketchup and sesame oil. Give it a mix until every rice granule is colored brown.
Transfer Fried Rice to Bowl
Divide fried rice into two serving bowls and pack it into the bowls.
Invert the Bowl onto a Plate
Plate two larger shallow bowls on top of each rice bowl. Let it set for 1 minute. Then flip it over and remove the first bowl.
Beat Eggs
In a small bowl, beat 2 eggs (per serving).
Fry Eggs & Insert Chopsticks
In a small frying pan (about 8 inches wide) set over low-medium heat, add oil. Pour your egg mixture into the pan and let it bubble to create a solid base. Quickly insert wooden chopsticks positioned at a 45-degree angle from each other along the edges of the pan. Then slowly bring chopsticks toward the center.
Rotate the Omelette
Hold the wooden chopstick in the center, only rotating the pan so your egg becomes a tornado shape.
Transfer Omelette on Fried Rice
Once egg tornado is cooked, with the help of the chopsticks slide it on top of the rice. Repeat this process again with the remaining egg for the second omelette.
Make Demi-Glace Sauce
In a small saucepan, add your sauce ingredients and whisk them together. Then bring it to a boil over medium-high heat, while stirring.
Pour Sauce
Once sauce has thickened, remove off heat and pour half of it around or on top the omelette fried rice. Enjoy!
Storage & Reheating
This dish will last up to 4 days stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator. I would recommend storing the fried rice separate from the sauce. To reheat, microwave for 2-3 minutes until hot or reheat in a pan on medium heat.
Other fried rice recipes you may like!
📖 Recipe
Quick Omurice
Ingredients
Fried rice
- 4 cups white rice cooked (sushi or jasmine rice works best to hold the dome shape)
- 1 ¼ cup spam diced
- ½ onion diced
- 2 cup frozen mixed veggies rinsed in water and strained
- 3 tablespoon ketchup
- 2 tablespoon regular soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil
Omelette
- 4 large eggs
- 2 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Demi-glace sauce
- 5 tbsp. ketchup
- 1 tbsp. regular soy sauce
- 1 tbsp. Tonkatsu sauce store bought
- 1 tablespoon sugar or white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil
- ½ tablespoon cornstarch
- ¾ cups water
- ¼ cups milk
Instructions
- In a pan set over medium high heat, add vegetable oil, followed by onions and diced spam. Fry until onions are translucent and spam is slightly brown.
- Add in rinsed mixed vegetables. Fry until veggies have softened, about 1-2 minutes.
- Toss in cooked rice and break it down into granules. Mix everything together.
- Season rice with soy sauce, ketchup and sesame oil. Give it a mix until every rice granule is colored brown.
- Divide fried rice into two serving bowls and pack it into the bowls. Plate two larger shallow bowls on top of each rice bowl. Let it set for 1 minute. Then flip it over and remove the first bowl.
Omelette:
- In a small bowl, beat 2 eggs (per serving). In a small non-stick pan (8 inches wide) set over low-medium heat, add vegetable oil.
- Pour your eggs into the pan and let it bubble to create a solid base. Quickly insert wooden chopsticks positioned at a 45-degree angle from each other along the edges of the pan. Then slowly bring chopsticks toward the center. Hold the wooden chopstick in the center, only rotating the pan so your egg becomes a tornado shape.
- Once your egg pancake or egg tornado is cooked, with the help of the chopsticks slide it over your fried rice dome. Repeat this process again with the remaining egg for the second omelette.
Demi-Glace Sauce:
- In a small saucepan, add your sauce ingredients and whisk them together. Then bring it to a boil over medium-high heat, while stirring.
- Once sauce as thickened, remove off heat and pour half of it around or on top the omelette fried rice. Enjoy!
Katherine | Love In My Oven
I've got to try your challenging technique, Christie! I always like a bit of a challenge! This looks super yummy. I've never cooked with spam but I"d probably sub in some ham!
Heidi | The Frugal Girls
The domed shape of your omelette is so fun... and your yummy Omurice sauce is totally fabulous!
Never Ending Journeys
Mmmm, I'd love to give this Spam Omurice a try! Sounds like such a great variation of an omelette!
Michelle | Sift & Simmer
My kids love omurice and spam, so I think they would love this dish! Yum!
Ivy
I made this for my son who loves Omurice and he really enjoyed it!