Rolled Omelette

Tamagoyaki

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Preparation info
  • 3 to 4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Hiroko Shimbo

Published 2000

  • About

In my early years at elementary school, my mother prepared a lunchbox for me every morning. Among the many delicious foods in my lunchbox, the one I remember best is the bright yellow, sweet and juicy tamagoyaki, rolled omelette. Rolled omelettes are indispensable at sushi restaurants as well as in lunchboxes.

In a tamagoyaki, the eggs are cooked in a thin layer in a rectangular skillet, and then rolled to one edge of the skillet. Another thin egg layer is cooked in th