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Tamago-yaki

Japanese omlet
5 from 1 vote
Course Appetizer, Breakfast
Cuisine Japanese

Equipment

  • 1 Tamago-yaki pan Although this dish can be made in a round pan, it is much easier and has better results with the traditional Tamago-yaki pan. I use this pan, it works very well - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TDRMK4S?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details

Ingredients
  

Eggs Mixture

  • 8 large eggs
  • cup Dashi You can obtain instant dashi, or make your own from stratch. It is easy, but if you are not having Japanese food regularly, getting the instant satisfies what you need here. I have used a couple of different types, but find this one to be quit good - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R2KXLNL?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 1 TBSP Mirin
  • 1 TBSP Soy Sauce Some recipes suggest "light" soy sauce, but I use regular soy sauce.

Instructions
 

Egg Mixture

  • Break the eggs into a bowl and whisk. I do this just as though I was making a regular french omlet.
  • Add the Dashi, salt, mirin, and soy sauce to a small bowl and whisk well.
  • Add the eggs to the Dashi mixture and whisk until all combined.

Assembly and cooking

  • Place Peanut oil or equivalent in a small bowl. Take a paper towel and fold up into a small square. Using tongs, whipe the Tamago-yaki pan* before adding each egg layer. You can use a regular round non stick pan as well. It will be a different shape and you will have longer edges to trim.
  • Set the heat on medium low, or lower. You don't want these to be too brown. I like a little brown color, but classically, these are cooked over lower heat, keeping the yellow egg color.
  • Oil the Tamago-yaki pan, and usina a 2 ounce ladel, pour in the egg mixture rolling the pan so the egg mixture is uniform and covers the bottom of the pan.
  • When the layer is almost cooked, carefully roll up the egg layer. This first layer us usually not very uniform or "pretty", but you will cover it with other layers.
  • Move the first rolled layer to the front of the Tamago-pan and pour a second layer. Lift the previous layer so the liquid egg goes under it, adhering it so all can be rolled again.
  • Roll up the second layer, as you did the first.
  • Do a third and fourth layer as you did the previous two. In the Tamago-yaki pan, the final roll will fill the side of the pan, it will make sense that you don't need another layer. These end up being about 2 inches across and about 1 inch high.
  • Remove from the pan and do the next roll. This recipe will do about 3 ½ rolls.
  • Serve with rice pickled ginger, pickled diakon, shredded diakon (with a dash of soy sauce), bacon, salad, whatever you wish. I shake some black sesame seeds on rice I place on the side of this disu. These can be served either hot, room temperature or even cold. The taste is different at each temperature, but still good.
  • You can make sushi rice, and serve Tamago sushi, or just a bowl of sushi rice on the sice.

Notes

*The tamago yaki pan I use is cast iron (Amazon address above). It is not expensive and I think well worth the cost. You can wow guests who visit and stay over by making these foe breakfast, in addition they are delicious.
I find that using a fish spatula works very well to help roll up these rolls. I use the Wusthof and it works great - https://www.amazon.com/Wusthof-Gourmet-Offset-Slotted-Spatula/dp/B0000DJYG2/ref=sr_1_4?crid=R9CXINRK059H&keywords=wusthof+fish+spatula&qid=1644933445&s=home-garden&sprefix=wusthof+fish+spatula%2Cgarden%2C381&sr=1-4
Keyword Japanese omlet, Omlet, Sushi
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