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The traditional way of cooking Onsen Tamago is to place eggs into rope nets and leave them in a hot spring. However in this tutorial, I will show you how to make them in a pot at home :)
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Onsen Tamago
Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 10-15min
Number of servings: 4 eggs
Ingredients:
4 eggs
Directions:
1. Bring a pot of water to a boil.
2. Stop the heat and place the eggs.
3. If the eggs are cold just out from the fridge, leave for 15 minutes. If the eggs are at the room temperature, leave for 10 minutes.
You can garnish with chopped green onions or Mitsuba (Japanese parsley) if you like. Then eat with Tsuyu or soy sauce :)
Soft-boiled egg makes the rice dish very mild and easy-to-eat!!!
I just happened to crave for Natto (fermented soybeans) rice bowl, so I made this video. hehe
How to Make Onsen Tamago (Soft-Boiled Eggs):
COMING SOON
The soy sauce I used is "Matsuno Shoyu"!
You can even eat only white rice with this soy sauce ;)
Matsuno Shoyu (in Kyoto) has practiced the traditional handmade method of making Japanese soy sauce for 200 years. Only the best ingredients are chosen because these decide the final aroma and taste of their soy sauce after fermentation in wooden barrels. http://www.matsunoshouyu.co.jp/
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Natto Rice Bowl with Soft-Boiled Egg
Difficulty: Super Easy
Time: 5min
Number of servings: 1
Ingredients:
a bowl of cooked rice
1 package Natto
1 Onsen Tamago (Soft-Boiled Egg)
Kizaminori (finely shredded Nori sheet)
Ikura (salmon roe) or soy sauce to season
Directions:
1. Mix Natto with the seasonings attached. If you mix the seasonings straight away, it won't develop the stickiness. I prefer to mix lightly for a few times. However, if you prefer gooey Natto, you want to mix Natto very well before adding the seasonings.
2. Pour Natto over the rice. Make a hole in the middle and place a soft-boiled egg.
3. Sprinkle with Ikura or soy sauce to season.
4. Sprinkle with Kizaminori to finish.
I found canned Hamanako Broiled Eels at a supermarket and it also tasted great! You can maybe get it online since it has a long expiry date!
FYI: Umaki is broiled eel wrapped in Japanese rolled omelette (called Tamagoyaki, Dashimakitamago, or Atsuyakitamago). Egg is juicy and eel makes it very tasty. It tastes great even when it is cold.
Ingredients:
1 canned Unagi no Kabayaki (broiled eel on skewers is OK)
3 eggs
2 tsp. Yamaki Kappo Shiro Dashi (White Dashi)
cooking oil
300g (10.6oz.) cooked Japanese rice (short-grain rice)
2 tbsp. Sushi vinegar*
2 Nori seaweed sheet
Directions:
1. If necessary, cook the eel as directed on its package. (You don't have to cook the canned one)
2. Mix eggs and Yamaki Kappo Shiro Dashi very well.
3. Heat cooking oil in a Tamagoyaki Nabe (rectangular omelette pan), pour a thin layer of egg mixture in the pan and spread over the surface. Cook until half done, place a strip of eel, roll up the egg, and move it to one end. Pour in another thin layer of egg mixture and let it flow under the rolled egg also. Cook until half done and again roll up the egg. Repeat this until half the mixture is gone.
4. Wrap the rolled egg while warm in plastic wrap to even out the shape. Allow it to cool.
5. Cut the egg diagonally and join the cut sides reversely to make a heart shape. Wrap the egg with 1/2 Nori sheet, then wrap in plastic wrap and wait until the Nori gets soft. *it is to define the outline of the heart-shape.
6. Place cooked Japanese rice in a bowl. Add Sushi vinegar while the rice is hot and slice through rice using a rice paddle to separate the grains. Spread the Sushi rice on another 1/2 Nori sheet using your finger tips, little bit moistened with water.
7. Place an extra Sushi rice for the “v” shape indentation of the heart shape.
8. Place the egg then start rolling.
9. With a moistened knife (bread knife cuts well) cut the roll into 4 pieces (re-wet as needed. don't push but pull to cut).
Eat with soy sauce if you like.
* Ingredients to make Sushi vinegar from scratch.
1.5 tbsp. rice vinegar
1/2 tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
