Dish · japanese
Omurice
Ketchup-fried rice with chicken and onion, wrapped in a thin sheet of egg that's often slit open at the table so it drapes over the rice. Sweet and mild, closer to a diner dish than classic Japanese cooking.
Where it comes from
Western-style restaurants in Tokyo and Osaka developed omurice in the early 20th century, adapting French omelet technique to rice cooked with the ketchup that was becoming available as an imported condiment. It settled into yoshoku, Japan's category of Western-influenced home cooking.
What cooks argue about
The technical fight is the egg: a runny center that spills over the rice when cut looks impressive but is hard to control, while a fully cooked omelet wrap is easier and less messy.
Versions
Nobody has published a omurice here yet. When somebody cooks one from a video and publishes it, their version appears in this list, with a link back to the original.
What goes in it
Each one opens everything else made with it.
egg
chicken breast boneless
onion