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Creamy and Soft Spicy Pollack/Cod Roe (Mentaiko) Omelet Rice - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Creamy and Soft Spicy Pollack/Cod Roe (Mentaiko) Omelet Rice.
This is one of the dishes where the Japanese style thick starchy sauce (ankake) and rice mixed with spicy pollack/cod roe (mentaiko) goes well together. It's an ideal recipe for lunch, dinner as well as whenever you feel like eating a special omelet. You can also add some mushrooms to the ankake starchy sauce if you like. You can arrange the recipe as you wish!

Cook time

30 minutes

Ingredients
1 serving

  • 明太ライス
  • Rice
    150 g
  • Spicy pollack roe
    30 g
  • Parsley
    3 g
  • Salted butter
    5 g
  • Soy sauce
    1 tsp
  • オムレツ
  • Eggs
    2
  • Milk
    1 tbsp
  • Salt and pepper mix
    as needed
  • Salad oil
    1 tbsp
  • あんかけ
  • (A)Water
    80 ml
  • (A)Japanese style granulated soup stock
    1 tsp
  • (A)Soy sauce
    1 tsp
  • Maitake mushroom
    1/2 package(s)
  • Starch and water mixture
    1 tbsp
  • Young green onion (Konegi)
    as needed

How to make

  1. Prepare. Remove the skin from the spicy pollack roe (mentaiko). Cut the hard tip of the maitake mushrooms and loosen them into pieces by hand. Make the starch and water mixture (starch: 1, water: 2).
  2. 1. Now we will make mentaiko rice. Place the butter in a heatproof bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and heat in a 600 W microwave for 30 seconds.
  3. 2. Mince parsley.
  4. 3. Put the rice, mentaiko, ingredients made in Step 1 & 2, and soy sauce in a bowl and mix together. When it's done, have it placed on a plate.
  5. 4. On to the omelet. Put the eggs, milk, salt and pepper mix in a bowl and mix together.
  6. 5. Add cooking oil to a frying pan, add the egg mixture from Step 4, and heat over medium heat while mixing. When the eggs are half-cooked, remove them from the heat.
  7. 6. Now we will make the thick starchy sauce (ankake). Put (A) and maitake mushrooms in a frying pan and simmer over medium heat. When the maitake mushrooms are cooked, bring it to a boil and add the starch and water mixture to thicken them. Once thickened, remove from heat.
  8. 7. Put the omelet from Step 5 on top of the rice made in Step 3, pour the sauce from Step 6 on top, sprinkle some young green onions (konegi) and it's done!

Tips for cooking

・You can adjust the amount of salt to your liking. ・Please mix the starch with water at the ratio of 1:2. Adjust the amount accordingly to the thickness and your liking. ・You can choose how much you want to cook the eggs.