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Basic Japanese Cuisine - Japanese rolled omelet - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Basic Japanese Cuisine - Japanese rolled omelet.
This is a Japanese rolled egg with plenty of first dashi (ichiban-dashi). When you take a bite, the flavor of dashi (broth) spreads in your mouth, and you'll feel a taste different from the usual Japanese rolled omelet (tamagoyaki). If you increase the amount of dashi, you'll feel the flavor of it more. Please give it a try!

Cook time

20 minutes

Ingredients
2 servings

  • Eggs
    3
  • (A)First dashi (Ichiban-dashi)
    3 tbsp
  • (A)Light soy sauce
    1/2 tbsp
  • (A)Japanese sweet cooking wine (Mirin)
    1 tsp
  • (A)Sugar
    1 tsp
  • Salad oil
    2 tsp
  • Green shiso leaves
    1 sheets

How to make

  1. 1. Beat the egg in a bowl, add ingredient (A) and mix.
  2. 2. Warm Japanese tamagoyaki omelet pan over medium heat, add cooking oil, and spread it with a paper towel to blend it into the pan.
  3. 3. Drop Step 1 with long chopsticks to check if the pan is hot enough that it makes a sound, then pour in about 1/4 to 1/3 amount of Step 1, roll it from the back to the front, and move it to the back.
  4. 4. Wipe cooking oil with a paper towel from Step 2, on the empty space of Japanese tamagoyaki omelet pan, add Step 1 in the same way as Step 3, roll it from the back to the front, and move it to the back repeatedly.
  5. 5. Place the cooked Step 4 on a bamboo mat covered with parchment paper, roll it, and let it sit for 5 minutes to complete the dish. Cut it into bite-size pieces, place it on a plate covered with green shiso leaves, and it's ready to serve.

Tips for cooking

After Step 1, strain it with a strainer to have a smoother finish. By rolling the cooked tamagoyaki with a bamboo mat, the residual heat helps to hold the shape and the taste becomes flavorful. We also show you how to take ichiban-dashi at Kurashiru, so please search for it. Instead of ichiban-dashi, you can make dashi by mixing water and a little bit of Japanese style granulated soup stock. Please adjust the seasoning to your liking. You don't need to add mirin or sugar to make this.