오무라이스/オムライス/Omelet Rice

오무라이스/オムライス/Omurice

Since I was little, I have been fascinated by this cute and delicious dish. I first saw them in Japanese anime, which the moms cook omurice for their kids, then I saw omurice in real life in Japan/Japanese restaurants, and finally I saw it in a funny omurice scene in a recent Korean drama I watched, "Rooftop Prince" (I didn't know Koreans also make Omurice!). To me...it's such a happy dish with all the bright colors and flavorful ingredients. I always enjoy making omurice...it makes me feel like I am very young in heart (hey, I am still young...)..Also, it's a good way to get rid of old ingredients before they turn bad. You know, there is really no fixed recipe of how you make the fried rice. It's like an impromptu dish that gives everyone a pleasant surprise. After a stressful day, I revisited the recipe last night simply based on what I have in the fridge. It turns out to be a nice combo, so I want to share it here :)


Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup of rice, cooked
~1/2 cup of clams (I used frozen clams)

2 carrots
~1 cup of chopped spinach
2 cloves of garlic
onion, chopped
~4 tbs Korean red pepper paste
~1/2 cup of ketchup
~2 tsp white truffle oil
a pinch of pepper
a pinch of sea salt
~3 tbs sugar
1-2 tbs butter
2 eggs for the omelet
1 tbs whipping cream/milk


Steps:

1. Chopped ingredients (carrots, spinach, garlic, onion) into dices/smaller pieces. Preheat pan with medium heat and pan fry the garlic and onion until the flavor comes out 
2. Sauteed chopped ingredients and clams with the garlic and onion. Season with a pinch of sea salt, pepper and butter. Drizzle white truffle oil to flavor 
3. Turn up the heat and add rice. Mix the ingredients quickly together. Add red pepper paste and ketchup until the rice turned golden red. Alternatively add pepper and sugar until it reaches the desired taste 
4. On a separate bowl, beat the eggs together and add milk/whipping cream 
5. Preheat a smaller pan for the omelet. Turn up the heat and add olive oil. Once the pan is hot enough, pour in egg batter and twirl the pan in a circular motion to create a skin (make sure the egg is evenly distributed across the pan) 
6. once the omelet is completely cooked, carefully add the fried rice on one half of the omelet 
7. scrape the edges of the skin to let loose from the pan. Carefully fold the omelet in half and serve on the plate 
8. Garnish the omurice with ketchup on the top