I found myself with a full rice cooker of rice - left over from the weekend when we never ate it. That sort of rice really bothers me as it just never tastes super fresh. It always has a slight "old" feeling to it and I never really enjoy eating. Generally that rice has to be "transformed" - sometimes I do a "jook" (aka congee or porridge) but this time I decided to do Ome-rice. Ome-rice is really just fried rice with an egg wrapped around it, served with ketchup on top. It is typically a Korean fast food lunch dish, but of course I always try to make nutrition a focal point of the fried rice. I added some chopped bok choy, mushrooms, carrots, onions, and some finely chopped steak. The kids gobbled it up, and husband enjoyed it although he did comment on the "crispy not tender" nature of the egg. (I was busy getting something else on the table and the omelette got a bit over cooked.) You can certainly be creative with this dish, which I ended up serving with meeyuk gook (Korean seaweed soup) on the side.
Ome-Rice
4 eggs (one egg per person)
Beat eggs individually and fry molding them into flat omelettes. If cholesterol isn't an issue for your family, you can go with two eggs per person. Then the omelette will be thicker and fluffier.
Fried Rice
2 carrots, finely chopped
2 bokchoy, chopped
1/2 onion, finely chopped
5 mushrooms, finely chopped
3 scallions, chopped
4-5 cups cooked rice
3-4 tablespoons of oil
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a deep frying pan. Saute all the vegetables. Season with salt. (don't wait to season food at the very end - things just end up salty, not seasoned.) Cook until vegetables are starting to tender. Make a well in the center of the vegetables and add some more oil. Place rice in the center of the well and begin to incorporate the rice and the vegetables. Cook until rice has heated through and the vegetables are well mixed with the rice.
To serve - Place egg omelette on the plate and put rice across one side of the omelette. Fold the omelette over. Enjoy!
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2 comments:
This was super easy to make. My daughter loved this meal! Definitely worth making very very soon!
This is definitely comfort food and just hit the spot. I used organic ground beef from Costco and frozen vegetables. I also replaced green onions with regular yellow onions b/c that's all I had. Turned out great!
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