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Today’s recipe is Omurice, or Japanese Omelette Rice. I received a lot of requests from readers for this recipe and I was a bit surprised how popular this dish is. At most Japanese restaurants we have in the Bay Area, Omurice is not even on the menu, but I think this dish is pretty well-known and popular in Asian countries outside of Japan.
Omurice is a popular contemporary Japanese fusion creation blending Western omelette and Japanese fried rice. It’s usually enjoyed at home but also can be found at many Western food diners in Japan. When there is leftover rice, it’s a perfect single plate meal to prepare the next day.
The rice is usually pan-fried with ketchup and chicken, then wrapped in a thin sheet of egg omelette. From preparation to completion only takes a quick 20 minutes. It’s one of my children’s favorite meals with fried rice, eggs, and lots of ketchup.
The softly-cooked omelette and sweet tomato-flavored rice complements each other very well, so I hope you will enjoy this quick and easy recipe!
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- ½ onion
- 1 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ cup frozen mixed vegetables (defrosted)
- kosher/sea salt (I use Diamond Crystal; Use half for table salt)
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1½ cups cooked Japanese short-grain rice
- 1 Tbsp ketchup (and more for decoration)
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 2 large egg (50 g w/o shell) (separated)
- 2 Tbsp milk (separated)
- 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil (separated)
- 6 Tbsp sharp cheddar cheese (or any kind)
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Gather all the ingredients.
- Chop the onion finely.
- Cut the chicken into 1/2" (1 cm) pieces.
- Heat the oil in a non-stick pan and sauté the onion until softened.
- Add the chicken and cook until no longer pink.
- Add the mixed vegetables and season with salt and pepper.
- Add the rice and break into small pieces.
- Add ketchup and soy sauce and combine everything evenly with a spatula. Transfer the fried rice to a plate and wash the pan.
- We'll make the omelette one at a time. Whisk 1 egg and 1 Tbsp milk in a small bowl.
- Heat 1 Tbsp olive oil in the pan over medium high heat (make sure the surface of the pan is nicely coated with oil).
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When the pan is hot, pour the egg mixture into the pan and tilt to cover the bottom of the pan. Lower the heat when the bottom of the egg has set (but still soft on top).
- Put the 3 Tbsp cheese and the divided fried rice on top of the omelette.
- Use the spatula to fold both sides of omelette toward the middle to cover the fried rice. Slowly move the omurice to the edge of the pan.
- Hold a plate in one hand and the pan in the other hand, flip the pan and move the omurice to the plate.
- While it’s still hot, cover the omurice with a paper towel and shape it into American /Rugby football shape. Drizzle the ketchup on top for decoration. Continue making omelette till the fried rice is all used.
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Thanks for the recipe! I still need to work on my omelet flip, but it still turned out great! Especially with spinach!
Hi Holly! Yay! I’m glad you enjoyed this recipe. You will be better at it next time! 🙂 Sounds wonderful with spinach. 🙂 Thank you so much for your feedback!
Thank you for posting this recipe, Nami! I tried yesterday by carefully following all the steps and oh, it was delicious!!
Hi Dira! Thank you so much for your feedback! Yay! I’m glad you enjoyed Omurice. It’s a great single dish meal. 🙂 Thank you for writing!
I have tried this recipe numerous times since discovering the blog, and each time it is even more delicious! I love the simplicity of the instructions and the great flavor of the dish! Up until using this recipe, I had always struggled with omurice. Thank you so much for sharing this. 😀
Hi Megan! So happy to hear from you and I’m glad that my recipe works! Omurice is very versatile with ingredients and hope you will enjoy seasonal ingredients in this recipe too! Thanks so much for writing! You made my day!
Looks delicious! When I was in Japan, my aunt didn’t use ketchup (since my husband doesn’t like it) but I forgot to ask what she used as an alternative. Do u have any suggestions? I’d like to recreate it using your recipe but I have no idea what to use instead.
Thanks and I am loving all of the recipes – u make everything just like my mom =)
Hi Yuri! In Japan, there are SO MANY kinds of omurice! Do you think it was an Omurice with demi-glace sauce? That’s a very popular one too.
Thank you so much for your kind words! 🙂
I’m not sure that I’ve told you how much we enjoy this recipe! I often make the rice with whatever is in the fridge and love the addition of the ketchup and soy sauce. Quick and delicious and fun, thank you!
Hi Janice! Thank you so much for letting me know! I’m so happy to hear you like this dish. It’s a really versatile dish and we can use whatever we have in the fridge. Thanks for your feedback! 🙂
i order this ALL the time at korean snack shops but i have no idea why i never tried making it at home – maybe because it looked involved when my mom used to make it for us but thanks to your post, i FINALLY made it for my family and everyone loved it!!! Of course I had to add spam 🙂 but it was painless, thanks to your step by step instructions!
Hi Caroline! Thank you so much for your kind feedback. I have a lot of dishes that I should be making them at home… 🙂 So glad to hear you enjoyed Omurice. It’s very versatile recipe that you can put anything you like! Happy to hear step-by-step pictures were helpful. xo
I tried this the other day, it’s delicious, except when I tried to flip it it just fell into a big mush on the plate. XD Oh well, it was only me eating it. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Hi Lexi! Don’t worry – I had to practice a lot when I was making this for the first few times… You will get used to it and know exactly what and how to do it after a few trials. You just have to practice to understand the tricks. Good luck! So glad you enjoyed this recipe. Thanks for the feedback! 🙂
Wow, that looks delicious. I will try to make it today. Thanks.
Hi Karen! I hope you enjoyed (or enjoy) it! Thank you for writing!
I know Omurice by watching Rooftop Prince and really want to try it, awwww….gotta make Omurice
Hi Thuong! I hope you will like this recipe! 🙂
Oh…me too. I tried to cook it from what I got from the drama. It was delicious. But the omelette making part was so hard!! Remember the part when J4 repeated the name?:”omu raiseu…”!!! ♥
Hi Niloo! Thank you for trying this recipe! Omelette making needs some practice but you will get hang of it! 🙂
Tried it without chicken and vegetables, and it was still pretty good! Good way to use leftover rice from the day before.
Hi Sam! Thank you for trying this recipe! Yes, some version of Omurice doesn’t even include chicken or vegetables, and just use ketchup rice. So glad you liked it! 🙂 Thank you for letting me know!
i love this recipe 😀
being a school student, i needed a lunch that helps me maintain my diet, and wasn’t time consuming. so.. Thanks
Hi Londongirl! Thank you so much for your feedback! So happy to hear you enjoy this recipe! 🙂
Thank you so much for this recipe. After staying in Japan for a month, one of the meals I missed the most was my host mother’s omurice. This recipe helped be prepare my omurice much better than when I was trying, very unsuccessfully, to replicate my host mother’s. Thank you for the pictures, they really helped with the shaping!
Hi Stephanie! You’re welcome! I’m glad this recipe was close to your host mom’s omurice. I’m glad to hear step-by-step pictures were helpful. 🙂 Thank you for your kind comment!
Hi Nami. First of all, I just want say that I LOVE your blog 🙂
I don’t usually like to cook, but your blog (especially the pretty pictures) has actually made me want to learn to cook. Anyway, a little while ago I saw on TV that the original Omurice (from an old and traditional Japanese restaurant) did not use tomato ketchup. They used soy sauce instead. Is that true?
Hi Angie! Thank you so much for your kind words! Aww I’m so happy that you are cooking Japanese food! 🙂 About the soy sauce – I never heard of it before. I check online to see if something comes up, but I just found that there are some variations of omurice that is cooked with soy sauce instead of ketchup as a unique recipe, not really “traditional” kind. Maybe the TV program did research and it’s true! 🙂
The first time I had this dish was with a Japanese Bonsai collector in Niihama, Ehime prefecture, at a small restaurant… great memories of him sharing his dish with me… so simple and really a good meal!
Hi Yrene! Yes it’s very simple and easy to make too. Thank you so much for writing! 🙂
It was filling and quick! I said it tasted like kid’s food, and at the end of the meal my boyfriend said it did feel nostalgic in some way, even though we never had omurice before. Thank you for your recipes!
Hi Sunny! Yes, with ketchup flavored rice and egg… it’s very kids’ friendly meal! Lots of kids love it and they will continue eating it even when they are adult. Wait, it’s not really meant for kids food though. Haha. Glad to hear you liked it. Thank you so much for your feedback! 🙂
Hi ! i’m from Malaysia , are you cook all the recipe by yourself ? if so , you’re the greatest !! (for me) all of your recipe was great , and i got to try the omurice , and its come to greattt ! it is soo oiishiii ~ (am i wrong ?) and thanks for sharing the recipe , it helps me a lot with my bentou (:
Hi Mira! Yes, I cook all the recipes myself. If I adapted the recipe from somewhere, it should say so in the Note section of my recipe. 🙂 I’m really happy to hear you liked the recipe. Yes oishii is correct. 🙂 Thank YOU for following my blog and trying out some recipes! xoxo
it’s look yummy !! i’ll try make it as bentouu ! and i’ll send you the feedbackkk !! >.<
Hi Seri! Thank you! I hope you like the recipe. It’ll be an awesome bento for sure. 🙂
I have tried it, and it’s good…!! Even my friend like it! Thanks to you, actually >_< and i hope you can make something that i can make it as bentou, even so i would like to thanks to you, arigato gozaimasu, onee sama! 🙂
Hi, I was just wondering what is the difference between Japanese rice and white rice. Also could I use white or brown rice to make this or would it ruin the whole thing? Thank you for posting this great recipe.
Hi Chris! White rice means milled rice that has had its husk, bran, and germ removed. Japanese rice is just a kind of rice, which is short grain rice. On the other hand, Jasmine rice (commonly served in Chinese restaurants) is long grain rice. Both rice can be brown rice or white rice depending if it still has bran or not. Hope this helps. 🙂
Had some leftover rice, thought “I should try making omurice”, went shopping for a recipe and not surprisingly ended up on JOC again 🙂 I’m cooking this as I write, only I didn’t have chicken handy so I settled for what was in the fridge ie bacon, and in the freezer ie Asian vegetable mix leftovers. I’ve shard this on Facebook, I’ll let you know how it turns out 🙂
All right then, I managed to snap a (totally blurry and downright ugly) photo before the whole thing was gulped down. It was delicious, easy and quick to do ! Will definitely become a dinner favorite. Bacon works great, as does the Asian veg mix I found at my local supermarket. Here goes: http://instagram.com/p/juXPDPKwQq/
Hi Lizzy! SO sorry for my late response. I am really happy to hear you liked this recipe, and thank you for sharing the photo! Bacon is a great idea too. I love adding sausages and bacon in the rice. 🙂 Thank you once again! xo 🙂
Hey no prob 🙂 I’ll be cooking this tonight again but instead of bacon I’ll add in some chopped up Thai lap xuong lemongrass sausage. BTW I cooked your honey and soy sauce chicken the other day, that was so yummy! next on the list is Gyudon and someday, when I get my hands on some fresh shiitake mushrooms, sukiyaki!
That sounds delicious – I love lemongrass! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed the honey soy sauce chicken too! 🙂 Thank you so much for trying the recipe!
Mine did not come like that. But that’s fine, i’m learning, besides it tasted good so i’ll try harder next time.
Hi Enigma! Thank you for trying this recipe! Omurice requires some practice… Mine doesn’t always come out well, especially after I haven’t cooked for a while. Good luck practicing! 🙂
I just ate, but this made me hungry again. I know what mt household will have for breakfast tomorrow. Thank you. 😉
Hi Blair! Thank you for your kind comment. I hope you enjoy this dish as much as we do! 🙂
Many thanks for the recipe!
Easy to understand, and even easier to cook.
Aww thank you Max! Hope you enjoy(ed) the recipe. 🙂
What kind of milk?
Hi Colleen! Any milk is fine. Whole, reduced fat, non fat… or no cow’s milk. You just want to make the egg mixture more smooth. 🙂
This is why I love Japan, They always have the most creative, healthy and affordable (most of the time haha) foods. personally I love Japanese foods when the get westernized too. It creates more exciting flavors. I enjoy every one of your posts because they are really easy to follow and you always add pictures. Thank you for such a wonderful and colourful blog 😀
Hi Josh! True, most of homemade Japanese food is pretty healthy, or I would say it’s pretty balanced. 🙂 I’m so happy to hear you enjoy reading my blog. Thank you so much for following! 😀
Thank you for posting this awesome recipe, Nami! I first came upon the omurice dish while watching a drama and that was a while ago. I remember having trouble making the egg omelet because it always broke. Despite this, your post made me go and make omurice for lunch! 😀 This time when I made the dish, I decided to incorporate ketchup while frying the rice after seeing this step in the recipe. I’m glad I did because it added a richer flavor and aroma to the rice and filling. I was also taken on by how you made the egg omlet with milk. In the past, I only used egg and soy sauce, but the addition of milk took the mixture to a whole new level. Once again, thank you! I had a blast making the omurice! 😀
Hi Chloe! Thank you so much for trying this recipe. Yeah it’s better to season the rice with ketchup before wrapping with omelette. It adds more flavor. 🙂 It’s a lot easier to work with when you add milk in the egg. I’m glad your omurice came out well! Thank you so much for your kind feedback. 🙂
Nami-san, I need your permission… Can I translate some of this site’s recipes into Vietnamese and put them on my blog so that my friends and family can read them?
Hi Yukiko-san! I’m sorry but you cannot translate my recipes or any content from my blog into different languages on internet. All my contents are copyrighted and it’ll be considered copyright infringement. Please do not steal the content (even translated in other languages).
Please let your friends know that they can use Google Chrome as a browser. It gives you an option of translation to different languages and most of translation works. Thank you so much for understanding. I work really, really hard to keep my content very original, and I do not want to have duplicated content elsewhere. Thank you again.
Hi Nami !
I tried that recipe just to compare it the the Omurice I ate in Japan… It was so yummy~
I did it for my friends and they loved it, thanks again for your beautiful recipes ^^
Hi Jin-chan! I’m so glad you and your friends liked it! Thank you for letting me know! 🙂
My pleasure ! :3
Where i can buying your recepi book?tq
I have eCookbook if you’re interested. 🙂
https://www.justonecookbook.com/recipes/just-one-cookbook-essential-japanese-recipes/
Thank you! 🙂
thanks so much for the instructions. I used to make it with beef. Sometimes, It might too tough but when success, It tastes pretty well. Oh if you have time, Would you make Coconut Cream Shrimp ? I ate it once when I was in CA, It’s Chinese food, I guess. I would like to make it at home but I have no clue.
Hi Ana! So sorry I missed this message. Beef is not commonly used, but if you use it, I recommend ground beef. 🙂 Coconut Cream Shrimp, and it’s Chinese? I’m not sure exactly what kind of dish it is but when I see it, I’ll remember to taste it and will give it a try! 🙂
I don’t like ketchup, but my sister loves it. I hope when I get around to making this that I and the rest of my family enjoys this.
Hi Niji! You don’t have to add ketchup in fried rice, as long as you add enough flavor (I’d add soy sauce, salt and pepper). It’ll be still delicious. 🙂
Mmmm! I love omelets with rice, but I make mine only using eggs. I’m going to try your way, though. It has a lot more nutrients in it than just using eggs. It’s a meal with protein and vegetables and that’s great for a tasty and healthy meal! Thank you for sharing your recipe.
Hi Sarah! I hope you enjoy this recipe! It’s a nice one-plate meal with good nutritioun! 🙂
おいし を みます！
ありがとう！
Wonderful! Came out perfect! Thank you so much!
Awesome! Thank you so much for trying this recipe Julie! Glad yours came out well! 🙂
Great recipe! I made it a bit spicier with chipotle sauce and dried chili and it was awesome!
Hi Atte! Thank you so much for trying this recipe! I’m happy to hear you enjoyed this dish. Omurice with chipotle sauce sounds amazing!
Hello Nami! So glad I found this recipe! Did you ever find out why it was being requested a lot? I bet it was because of the Japanese drama “Tumbling”. Omelette rice was eaten a lot in that drama. We are late-comers to that drama but we have, over the past year, become very interested in the Japanese culture and Japanese entertainment. Thank you so much for what you do! 🙂
Hi Tonya! Oh boy I’m even more behind and I had to google to find out about the drama! =P Omurice has been around for a long time but I’m glad to find out the recent drama made it more popular! Thank you for finding my recipe and hope you give it a try! It might need some practice to make it look nice but hope you enjoy this recipe! 🙂
I made this for supper; my boyfriend and his twin loved it! The filling keeps well overnight too, as it works nicely as both supper and breakfast. This is definitely one I’ll be making again!
Hi Sami! I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed this recipe! Thank you very much for your kind feedback. 🙂
I love this and I would like to try it again but I am only cooking for myself and I found that one omurice was enough for me but that was a lot of rice left and I didn’t know what to do with it. Can I maybe wrap the rice and put it in the freezer? Or maybe can you kindly please tell how much rice should I cook, for myself only? I would really appreciate it! Thank you!
Hi Nadine! Thank you for trying this recipe! I would freeze the rice for the second half so that next time you want to eat you can just microwave (or defrost at room temp) and put inside the omelette. Very easy and convenient. 🙂 You’ll need about a bowl of rice for each omelette, if that helps.
I usually freeze extra steamed rice too (https://www.justonecookbook.com/how-to/how-to-freeze-rice/). 🙂
I love this recipe, it’s one of the best fried rice and scrambled eggs recipe I’ve found online
I’m so glad you liked this recipe, Stephen! Thank you so much for your kind words! 🙂
no problem, it would’ve been nicer if I knew how to not screw up an omelette though 😛
Practice will definitely help. I’ve been making this dish for years, yet if I don’t cook often, my omurice is not as pretty… 😀
Hello Nami
Thanks for putting up this recipe. I actually came upon the omurice while reading a manga and since then i wanted to try it. That’s how i actually came to this page and i’m glad. The way you put it is very simple and you even take the time to put a little information of the dish. From today i’m a big fan of yours
By the way on an impulse i tried it out for dinner and even my mum who is not a big fan of ketchup loved it
Hi Nawsheen! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed this omurice recipe and thank you for your kind feedback! The ketchup rice actually goes quite well with the egg. 🙂
Oh wow this recipe has saved me a few times this semester, such a cinch to make-especially on days when I’ve done a ton of homework or game design and realize “Crap! It’s 10 pm I forgot to cook my dinner!”
I always have some leftover fried rice handy for this. And a few times I used quinoa, makes it super filling and protein packed. my roomies have commented on how tasty my omurice has turned out.
Hi Kristi! Awesome! I’m so happy to hear you and your roommate enjoyed this recipe! It’s quick and delicious! Try all the noodles recipes (Yaki soba, Yaki udon, etc) – they are quick to make too! Good luck with your homework and school work! 🙂
Does the rice have to be boiled beforehand?
Hi Mac! Yes, rice is already cooked in advance. 🙂
I’m making this tonight, substituting the chicken with pork since I have tons of it in the fridge. Fingers crossed !!!
The pork should be fine! Hope you enjoy! 🙂
I was first interested in omurice after watching rooftop prince.
Do i want to cook it in a nonstick pan?Can’t I use something else?
I love your recipes Nami!!!!!!!!♥
Thank you!!! You can use any pan but if it’s not a nonstick, you have to use more oil. 🙂
i’d like to try your recipe at home too. looks delicious. 🙂
Thanks Vanesha! Hope you enjoy my recipes! 🙂
your welcome, Nami!
i followed the recipe loosely and it turned out amazing!! super good w a tiny bit of jalapeno thrown in!
Hi Clipart! Thanks so much for trying my recipe! I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed it! Oh yeah, jalapeno sounds like a great addition to give it a nice kick! 🙂
Is it fine to let the egg still half cooked? or was it to make the rice stick on the egg?
Hi Tania! It’s more about personal preference. A lot of people prefer half cooked, not because it “sticks” to the rice, but people prefer runny egg + rice combination. It’s softer, fluffier, and creamier… but if you don’t like half cooked egg and want to cook it completely, that’s okay too! My children prefer completely cooked so I often do that. You can still make good omelette. 🙂
Hi Nami
What goes good to drink with Omurice usually? Thanks!
Hi Srita! Hmmm that’s a hard question!!! If it’s lunch time I serve it with Mugicha (Barley tea)… We don’t drink soda or juice much in my house. 🙂
Its really help me a lot …
Thanks ^^
Thank you for reading Vita! 🙂
It looks really delicious, definately gonna try it.
My mom hates soy sauce so would it alright if I were to leave it out or would that totally ruin it?
Hi Ashley! Sure, that’s okay. 🙂 Hope you and your mom enjoy this recipe! 🙂
Would this still work/taste good without the use of ketchup?
Hi Squishy! If ketchup is not your favorite, you can use tomato sauce or soy sauce. 🙂
Thank you for the recipe and the easy to follow step by step guide 😀 My boyfriend got curious about this dish via anime, so I promised to try and cook it for him.
I think I should have used a smaller frying pan however as the egg seemed to spread a bit too thin and kept breaking, but I did manage something semi-decent looking anyway 😀 I guess it turned out okay for the first time. I’ll try it with a smaller pan next time… or perhaps it wasn’t the pan, but I just need more practice with it 😀
HI Annika! I’m happy to hear you tried this recipe! You can use a smaller pan but you can’t put too much rice either. Hope you find a good balance. Thanks for trying this recipe and for your feedback! 🙂
I want to know more recipes and cook for my husband and in-laws…
Hope you subscribe to my blog and youtube channel. 🙂
Thank you for this. My children have recently started studying Japanese at school and this receipe caught their attention. Seeings as my son is Autistic and hardly eats anything when he asks for something I look for it. I was worried it was going to be hard but your directions were easy to follow and simple to understand. Again thank you very much!
Hi Chantel! You’re welcome. Your children is studying Japanese! Awesome! I’m so happy you tried this recipe and it came out well. Thank you for your kind feedback! 🙂
This has to be one of my top favorite things to make, and eat! Though I do cook the filling in my rice cooker instead on the stove. I have to say, I love the infused taste the rice ends up getting compared to a pan. But still, a fantastic dish hands down!
Hi Audrey! Ohh that’s a good way to save time too! 🙂
Yes, Omu is close to English Home
So when I was told Omurice I understood Homerice, thank you, I’m a fan, will be following you for ever. I loved ( enjoyed) my experience in Nippon, in 1974-75. Lived in Shinkoiwa, worked in Asakusabashi and trained in karate Shytoriu in Kiowa. Thank you and continue your good work.
Hi Alain! Thank you so much for following me! I’m happy to hear you have good memories of Japan. 🙂
Hmmm I’ll have to try this out! I was always wary of the ketchup thing but when my host family when I was in Japan cornered me with a plate I had to try it and was very surprised at how good it was! I’ve been looking for a recipe to try ever since.
Hi Maria! Haha, it’s interesting how Japanese adapted American ketchup into our cooking. 🙂 Hope you enjoy this recipe. Thank you!
Namiちゃん!
I saw you this morning on the paper OnSunday, what a surprise! Congratulations!
And once more thank you very much indeed to you and all your staff for this home page that saves my dinner here in Japan for the happiness of the kids.
今日もはなまるでした（＾∇＾）
Thank you for finding me on the newspaper! It’s so cool you live in Japan and got to read the newspaper. 🙂 Thank you very much for your kind words.
Great recipe. And if you are single like me, you can store the extra rice mix in tupperware and just nuke a portion on a plate to make more the following days. I got a dinner and three breakfasts from just one batch.
Hi Bob! Thank you for sharing your tip too! Thanks for trying this recipe and for your kind feedback. 🙂
Just discover your website when I was curious and googled about omurice.
You have created such a friendly and helpful site in Japanese cooking ????
Impressed with the thoughtful pictorial step by step guidance.
Also discover your videos – Fantastic!
Thank you
Hi San! I’m so happy to hear you found my site on Google search! Welcome to my blog/youtube channel. Hope you enjoy my recipes.
I eouod like to sign up for your news letter, but the site would not let me. Please let me know how to proceed.
Thank you!
Hi Ann! I manually added to you to my list. Thank you for subscribing to my newsletter! 🙂
I cut down the recipe for one serving. Putting the cheese in was genius, it was first time egg would stick to rice so I could wrap it and flip it onto a plate. My egg still had little hole or two in it so maybe I’ll use two eggs for my omelet. I’ve tried so many different versions on YouTube and yours got me the closest to making it work and yours was yummy too. Thank you!
Hi Lili! Wonderful! Maybe use a slightly smaller pan (if you want thin egg crepe) or two eggs work as well (but egg will be thicker). I love adding cheese too! 🙂
I plan to make this for school in the morning. I’m curious whether it is optional to put the cheese because where I live cheese is expensive and hard to get. So will it turn out the same even without cheese?
Hi Tsukiko! Yes, it’s optional, and you can skip cheese. 🙂
Hey Nami, I tried this recipe today and it tasted lovely. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Hi Eugene! I’m so happy to hear that. Thank you for taking your time to write kind feedback. 🙂
Ugh i failed make the omurice ????
But i won’t quit trying ????????✨
Thank you for the recipes
ありがとうございました
Hi Sara! Don’t worry about your failure, because I believe unless you make mistake you won’t know what to expect and how to avoid the error. I’ve made omurice for many years since when I was in school… yet my omurice is not perfect. Once you stop making, you kind of forget the detailed technique… so have to try making again. Don’t give up and keep practicing. 🙂 I should do that too… Thank you for your comment! 頑張って下さい！
HI! I just made the Omurice and it is really good! I had just had a question about the rice consistency. Mine turned out kind of sticky and a bit mushy. Did I steam it too long or is that how it’s supposed to be?
Hi Maddie! Thank you for trying this recipe, and I’m so glad you enjoyed it! If you’re using Japanese short grain rice, they are more stickier than other Asian varieties of rice. It’s sticky to begin with. As we put ketchup, it adds more moisture. So when you make rice, you can try reducing the water a tiny bit. That’s one solution. Or use a day-old rice. Even so, Japanese rice is stickier and it will stick to each other unlike Jasmine rice etc. 🙂
I love this comfort food! I make this for lunch all the time
Hi Jane! Wow your lunch is so fancy! I love omurice too, very comfort food indeed. 🙂
Thank you so much for the recipe…it was wonderful…
I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed this recipe. Thank you for writing your kind feedback. 🙂
Thank-you for write this,becauce I write this fir homework English homework in International school in japan ,sano
You’re very welcome!
Thanks for posting this recipe.
We lived in Tokyo for a year and a half, when our oldest daughter was a toddler.
This was her FAVORITE dish at restaurants.
Hi Carol! I’m happy to hear your daughter enjoyed this dish! Hope you will recreate this dish for her at home and she’ll enjoy this recipe! 🙂
A really good and easy to follow guide on how to make one of the most iconic dishes of Japan. You’d be surprised to see how many people like this dish (I’m one of them). There are actually a lot of other guide for this, but yours is special because it includes much more details and illustrations, and the steps are simple and easy without making the dish tastes inferior. Looking forward to trying it out!
Hi Nancy! Thank you for your kind words. I hope you enjoy this recipe! I think a lot of people watch Japanese animation to learn this dish. 🙂
Somehow I never got to try this dish during my trips in Japan, but I was very curious about it. I made it tonight for dinner and it was really good. Not picture worthy though, as I have to get better at folding and flipping around the omelette, but I will practice in the future.
Hi Rolanda! Omurice is something that I also lack in my skills… when I don’t make it for a while I lose my skill. 😀 As long as it is delicious! Thank you so much for trying this recpe! xo
I lived in Miyazi and then Kagoshima in Kyushu for almost 4 years, and Omurice was always on the menue in Izakaya’s.
Hi Elizabeth! We just came back from Kyushu (Yakushima, Kagoshima, Saga, and Nagasaki) and we really loved there, very different from Yokohama where I grew up. Hope you enjoy making Omurice at home! 🙂
I’ve tried it and it came out delicious.
My daughters love it.
Thank you for the recipe.
Love from Thailand.
Hi Aim! Thank you so much for trying this recipe! I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed it! 🙂
This was really helpful thank you
Thank you so much for your kind feedback, Worakan!
v grateful for this. Quick and easy and tasted AMAZING !!!
Hi Daisy! Thank you for your kind words! I’m glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Hi there! I had some fried rice that I needed to use up and found your recipe for omurice. Your instructions for the process of making the dish worked perfectly for me! I’m looking forward to trying your full recipe next time.
I’m so excited to have found your website. I studied abroad in Tokyo and miss all the usual flavors of our dorm mother’s 手料理 . The typical udon-ya dishes are hard enough to find in restaurants in the US, but the little things that were always around (the various pickled vegetables, the different rice-based side dishes, etc) opened my mind to a whole new way of thinking about food. I can’t wait to bring back all these nostalgic flavors in my own kitchen!
Thanks for all your hard work putting these recipes out there =)
Hi Charles! Aww thank you so much for your kind words. I’m glad you found my site and welcome to JOC! 🙂 So happy to hear that you’ve experienced all the home-cooked meals…which are really hard to find outside of Japan. Hope my recipes inspire you to make them at home and you find your favorites!
I have never made omelette rice before, and the first time I tried making this I made perhaps what was the best omelette I’ve ever had. Period. As in restaurant omelettes didn’t compare. That isn’t because I’m some sort of culinary genious, I did spend a few years in a professional kitchen but I’m not a master chef. This recipe is just that good, I Whole heartedly recommend it.
I did make a few changes to it though, I felt like it needed a bit more ketchup and soy sauce in the rice because when I tasted it it was a bit bland. I also didn’t add milk to egg, not sure if that’s traditionally how its done but adding milk to eggs is completely unnecessary when you make omelettes or scrambled eggs normally and generally just makes the end product worse. I also used double the eggs cause I don’t know how you would manage with only one egg.
Hi Matt! Aww thank you so much for your kind feedback and for sharing your tip! I’m really really happy that you enjoyed this recipe. Thanks for writing!
Thanks for the recipe. It’s my literally first time cooking. It ended up well, I think and I enjoyed cooking and eating it. Thank you. ♥️
Hi Muhammad! I’m so glad to hear that. Thank you for your kind feedback!
Wonderful recipe! I made it for my friend and she liked it very much. I appreciate no tricky ingredients!
Hi Matt,
Thank you for trying this recipe and for your kind feedback.
We’re so happy to hear you and your friend like this very much!😊
I wanna try it but I’m still young so I’m very nervous. can you give me some advice for me so that I can totally do it well?
Hi Maria,
First of all, Please read carefully the tips Nami provided in the blog post and recipe. ☺️
As we are not in the kitchen with you, it’s hard to know how you are doing, but we are more than happy to assist you in explaining your questions in detail. Good Luck!
Thanks for the recipe, Nami! I didn’t always get the omelette right (did 6 servings) but it tasted all right. The only pan I had was large, so I ended up having the use more than one egg per omelette, and I think our family prefers a stronger flavour, so I will probably put in more ketchup next time.
Thanks again!