The word ‘omurice’ is a contraction of the words ‘omelet’ and ‘rice’ — guess what the ingredients are??

Well, besides the obvious eggs and rice, you can put all kinds of things in (or on, or around) omurice! Usually there is a mix of meat and vegetables in the rice, along with a little bit of ketchup (to give the rice a nice pink color). This is molded into a football shape, then a cooked egg is draped over the top, and the whole thing gets drizzled with ketchup. That, essentially, is omurice.

However, you can do all kinds of things with it! I made it for the first time tonight, and I added broccoli, carrots, and onions to the rice and left out the meat. It was unbelievably good. When I ate it at a restaurant in Nagano station, I had it with a crab croquette on top and a meat sauce around it; you can also get it with stew, curry, covered in mayo, or a number of different ways.

Updated 12/6/17 with another picture of omurice!

Updated 1/11/18 with picture number four!

This is the omurice I made! The egg fell apart a little, but it tasted FANTASTIC!!

This omurice from the station was tasty. I burned my mouth pretty bad from the crab thing on top though, and my mouth was killing me for days afterwards

This omurice (also from the station) has pieces of friend chicken and a generous helping of tarter sauce!

Fried cod omurice with tomatoes and mayo!