 Omurice topped withketchup | |
| Alternative names | Japanese egg roll fried rice |
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| Place of origin | Japan |
| Main ingredients | Chicken eggs, rice andketchup optional |
| Variations | Omu curry, omuhayashi (withhayashi rice), omu-soba, Tampopo omurice |
Omurice oromu-rice (オムライス,omu-raisu) is aJapanese dish[1] consisting of anomelette made withfried rice and a thin layer ofscrambled eggs, usually topped withketchup.[2][3] It is a well-known dish also commonly cooked at home. Children in particular enjoyomurice. It is often featured in Japan's version of achildren's meal,okosama-ranchi (お子様ランチ).[1]
Withomu andraisu being derived from theJapanese pronunciation of the French wordomelette and the English word "rice",[4] the name is an example ofwasei-eigo.
Stories about the origins ofomurice vary. One story says that it originated around the turn of the 20th century[4] at a Western-style restaurant inTokyo'sGinza district called Renga-tei, inspired bychakin-zushi.[5]
Another story says that the dish originated in 1925 at another Western-style restaurant – Hokkyokusei in Minami,Osaka, when a cook decided to enliven a regular customer's order of an omelet with rice.[6]
The dish typically consists ofchikin raisu(ja) (chicken rice: rice pan-fried with ketchup and chicken) wrapped in a thin sheet of fried, scrambled eggs. The ingredients flavoring the rice vary. Often, the rice is fried with various meats (but typically chicken) or vegetables, and can be flavored with beef stock,ketchup,demi-glace, white sauce, or simply salt and pepper. Sometimes, rice is replaced with fried noodles (yakisoba) to makeomusoba. A variant inOkinawa isomutako, consisting of an omelet overtaco rice. Fried hot dog andSpam are also two popular meats to include in the dish.
Volga rice is another variation, topped with crumb-covered pork cutlet with the whole dish covered in a rich sauce.[7][8]
A similar dish inSoutheast Asia, especially inMalaysia,Thailand andSingapore is callednasi goreng pattaya. It is a fried rice dish, covering chicken fried rice in thinfried egg oromelet.
A new kind of omurice was developed for the 1985 comedy filmTampopo in collaboration with Taimeiken, a famous restaurant inNihonbashi. This version has the rice covered with a half-cooked omelet, which is cut open to spread and cover the rice. This version has become so popular that it is the restaurant standard now. Home cooks typically cook a thin omelet completely and then place it over the seasoned rice and decorate it with ketchup.
Homestyle omurice is a frequent item onmaid café menus since the addition of ketchup allows a maid to decorate the meal easily at the table as a form of service.
In the 2020s, clips of chefs preparing omurice often went viral on social media, leading to an increased international interest in the dish.[9][10][11][12]
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