There are certain dishes from our childhood that we don’t forget and that we have even integrated into our daily routine. The omelette is definitely one of them. It’s a simple and at the same time delicious dish that we could hardly do without, especially on days when we don’t really have time to cook or at least don’t want to. All you need is a few eggs and a little cheese and you’re done. To add a little more flavor to our Omelettefrom time to time, we add what we have left in the fridge: bacon, mushrooms at the end of their run or a piece of Comté cheese that has been there since we don’t know when.
The omelette often leaves room for improvisation, sometimes it is successful, other times, a little less. In order to improve your meal this evening and ensure you enjoy yourself, the culinary content creator nicknamed Salutcestclaire on social networks, offers us her recipe chicken and onion omelette. It’s called an oyakodon and it comes straight from Japan. With this specialty, no doubt, you will take your everyday omelette to the next level!
A tasty and perfect recipe when you have a small budget
The omelette has the great advantage of being easy and super quick to preparebut it also falls into the category of cheap dishes. You really won’t have to spend a lot to make the original recipe which is simply eggs and cheese, but this Japanese version is also perfectly suited to small budgets. So this recipe really has it all! For little gourmands who would be tempted by oyakodon, food influencer Salutcestclaire shares with us her way of cooking it.
The list of ingredients for 2 people:
- 300 g of chicken (chicken breasts or other)
- 4 eggs
- 1 onion
- 4 tablespoons of soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons of mirin (or rice vinegar)
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 1/2 glass of water
- some fresh herbs: spring onions, chives, parsley…
The steps of the recipe:
- Cut the chicken breasts into pieces and slice the onion. Heat a pan over medium heat with a drizzle of oil and brown the chicken with the onion for 2/3 minutes.
- In a bowl, mix soy sauce, mirin, sugar and water. Pour the mixture into the pan and cook over high heat for 7 to 8 minutes.
- While that’s cooking, crack the eggs into a bowl and beat them with a fork. Cook’s tip: don’t beat the eggs completely, this helps make it runny. Then pour them into the pan and cook over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes until the omelette is set.
- Garnish a plate with a little rice and place your omelette on top. Finish by sprinkling everything with chopped fresh herbs.
How to make a sloppy omelette?
Cooking an omelette often divides families. Some like it well cooked, others when the eggs are still a little liquid, in other words, drooling. If you like it sloppy, there are several tips to achieve it perfectly. The first is not to beat the eggs completely, but also to add a little cream or milk. This will make your mixture smoother. It is very important to monitor the cooking carefully. For a very runny omelette, it goes very quickly, 2 or 3 minutes only on high heat. Finally, the secret is to enjoy it immediatelywhen it is nicely melted.