Tamagoyaki (japanese rolled omelette) 玉子焼き

Make this easy, quick, and delicious omelette using Chinese sausage.

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A quick dinner that goes well with a bowl of plain cooked rice or Asian rice congee.

This lap cheong omelette was another dish I grew up eating as a kid. Mom would make this when she didn’t have much time to spend in the kitchen. It seriously comes together very quickly & my kids love Chinese sausages. There are so many different varieties of Chinese lap cheong (la chang in Mandarin). They are usually in dried form và shelf-stable if it’s vacuum-packed in dried form. Some are made pork & pork fat and some are made with mixture of offals like liver, blood, and some have glutinous rice in it.In general, lap cheong tastes slightly sweet và most people like it for that. Some lap cheong has chili added in it that makes it spicy too (I love those!)

SUBSTITUTE FOR LAP CHEONG

Lap cheong can be found at Asian stores in a refrigerated section và dry goods section. If you can’t find any, you can use Western sausage lượt thích franks or other sausage links.

HOW lớn MAKE LAP CHEONG OMELETTE

1. Thinly slice the sausage at an angle and set aside

2. Combine eggs and seasonings3. Preheat oil in a non-stick skillet. An 8-inch pan can make 2 omelettes. If you have 10-12 inch pan, you can make one thicker omelette. It’s up to lớn you.

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I made two omelettes with an 8-inch pan. Saute half of the onion, until fragrant, about 2-3 minutes4. Add half of the sausage & cook briefly until lightly browned và aromatic và then arrange the sausage decoratively if you lượt thích on the pan5. Lower the heat to medium and gently pour in half of the egg mixture & gently swirl the pan khổng lồ cover the base of the panLet it cook over medium heat until the bottom just started khổng lồ set6. Cover with a lid và lower the heat to lớn low lớn let the đứng đầu cook for another 1 minute. This way you don’t have khổng lồ flip over the omelette (I’m bad at doing that!)7. Uncover the lid và transfer lớn a serving plate. Continue cooking the second omelette. Garnish with chopped green onion và serve warm

TIPS YOU NEED khổng lồ KNOW

1. Gently push the cooked omelette from edge khổng lồ the center so the runny eggs can cảm biến the hot pan and cook2. Using a pan with a lid will make the job easier because you don’t have to flip the omelette over. When you cover with a lid, the đứng top of the omelette will “steam” cook

VARIATIONS

There are so many things you can showroom to this lap cheong omelette. Here are just a few ideas:Veggies & herbs: sweet peppers, chopped tomatoes (seeded), fresh herbs lượt thích basil, fresh slices mushrooms. Saute them together with the onion before adding Chinese sausage piecesCheese: my son loves anything with cheese. You can địa chỉ shredded cheese like cheddar, gruyere, fontina. Simply sprinkle on đứng đầu right after you xuất hiện up the lid and then fold over so the cheese can melt

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