Omurice Bento

Name: Omurice Bento
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 13 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon (15 g) butter; 2 teaspoons vegetable oil, divided; 3 slices ham, cut into ½-inch (13 mm) squares; ¼ cup (40 g) chopped yellow onion; Steamed Rice; ¼ teaspoon salt plus an additional pinch, divided; White pepper, to taste; 3 tablespoons (45 g) ketchup, plus more for topping (optional); 2 tablespoons (16 g) frozen green peas; 2 large eggs

Preparation info

Yield:
2
Servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Simply Bento

By Yuko and Noriko

Published 2018

About

Omurice is fried rice seasoned with ketchup and wrapped in a thin egg crepe. Rice and ketchup may sound like an odd combination, but it tastes more like tomato-flavored pilaf. For a bento box, it’s hard to wrap the rice with the egg crepe, so place the egg crepe on top.

Ingredients

Omurice

1 tablespoon (15 g) butter
2 teaspoons vegetable oil

Asia
Japan
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Heat the butter and 1 teaspoon of the oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the ham and onion, and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the onion becomes tender. Add the rice and stir-fry, mixing for 1 minute. Season the rice with ¼ teaspoon of the salt and the pepper. Make room in the pan and add the ketchup apart from the rice. Let the ketchup cook by itself for 3