Japanese cuisine · Breakfast & Eggs

Tamago Kake Gohan

Hot rice with raw egg and soy sauce, stirred until creamy – Japan's fastest and most-loved breakfast.

Ingredients · for 1 servings

• 200 g freshly cooked, hot rice
• 1 very fresh egg
• 1–2 tsp soy sauce
• 1 spring onion
• 1 tsp sesame seeds
• Nori flakes (optional)

Instructions

1. Cook the rice fresh – it needs to be steaming hot, as the heat is what binds the egg into a creamy texture.
2. Put the hot rice into a bowl and form a small well in the center.
3. Crack the very fresh egg (use only the best quality!) into the well.
4. Drizzle soy sauce over the top.
5. Stir vigorously and quickly with chopsticks until the rice turns pale, fluffy and creamy.
6. Sprinkle with spring onion rings, sesame seeds and nori, and eat right away.