6 Hidden Gems of Japanese Egg Dishes – Revealing Secret Recipes!

1. Tamago Kinchaku (Simmered Egg in Deep-Fried Tofu)

Ingredients (for 2-4 servings)

・4 Eggs
・4 sheets of Thin deep-fried tofu
・A stick of spaghetti

・4 tbsp Sake☆
・4 tbsp Soy sauce☆
・4 tbsp Mirin☆
・2.5 tbsp Sugar☆
・A pinch of Salt☆
・1 cup (240ml) Water

・Komatsuna or Other vegetables of your choice

Direction

1.  Cut fried tofu so that the eggs are large enough to fit. (Cut fried tofu in different places depending on the size of the egg Please watch YouTube video for the details.) Using chopsticks as a rolling pin, roll the chopsticks over the fried tofu. This way, fried tofu can be easily made into a bag shape.

2.  Gently crack an egg into a small bowl and place the egg in the fried tofu. Divide 1 spaghetti into 4 equal parts. Fold the top of the fried tofu into three. Stick a short piece of spaghetti into it and seal the top.

3.  Put ☆ in a pot. Mix well on low heat. Put fried tofu with egg in a pan. It is better to stand it on the rim of the pot. Put the scrap of fried tofu that came out when cutting in the center. Then, add water.

4.  Bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce heat to low. For half-boiled, simmer for 10 minutes from there. For hard-boiled, simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. 2-3 minutes before done, add vegetables of your choice and bring to a simmer.

2. Beef & Egg Bowl (Gyu-toji Don)

Ingredients (for 1 serving)

・1 bowl of Rice
・2.5 oz (70g) Thinly sliced beef
・1.4 oz (40g) Onion
・2 Eggs (1 Egg is tasty too)

・3 tbsp Water☆
・1 tbsp Sake☆
・1 tbsp Soy sauce☆
・1 tbsp Mirin☆
・1/2 tbsp Sugar☆
・A pinch of Dashi powder☆

Topping
・Minced green onion
・Red pickled ginger (Beni-shoga)

Direction

1.  Slice onion, and cut beef into small pieces.

2.  Put ☆ in a pot. Add onion and simmer until onion is soft and the sauce evaporates a little and reduces.

3.  Add beef, and cook until sauce is just a little.

4.  Add beaten eggs and simmer until desired consistency. Serve rice in a bowl and put beef and egg on top of it.

3. Egg & Shrimp Japanese Potato Salad

Ingredients (for 2-3 servings)

・2 Boiled eggs
・7 oz (200g) Potato
・3.5 oz (100g) Cucumber

・2.8 oz (80g) Shrimp
・1.7 oz (50g) Onion
・1 tsp Butter
・1/2 tsp Garlic powder
・1/2 tsp Sugar
・A pinch of Salt and pepper

・3 tbsp Mayonnaise
・1/2 tsp Ketchup

Topping
・Parmesan cheese
・Parsley

Direction

1.  Cut potatoes into thin and small pieces. Cook in microwave for 6 minutes at 500W. (You can cook them in a pot with water as you like.) Mash the potatoes.

2.  Dice cucumber and pat dry with paper towel. Cut shrimp into small pieces and slice onion.

3.  Fry shrimp and onion with butter. Season them with garlic powder, sugar, salt, and pepper.

4.  Mix mashed potato with shrimp and onion mixture. Let them cool throughly.

5.  Dice boiled egg white. When potato mixture is cooled, mix it with cucumber, hard boiled egg yolk, and diced egg white. Add mayonnaise and ketchup. Mix well. Add more salt and pepper as you like.

4. Egg Wrapped in Meat

Ingredients (for 2-3 servings)

・4 Boiled eggs
・5.6 oz (160g)/8 slices Thinly sliced pork
・A pinch of Salt and pepper
・1-2 tbsp Flour

・2 tbsp Sake☆
・1 tbsp Soy sauce☆
・1 tbsp Mirin☆
・2 tsp Sugar☆
・1/2 tsp Rice vinegar☆

Direction

1.  Make soft boiled eggs. (Change the egg consistency to your liking.)

2.  Sprinkle salt and pepper on one side of thinly sliced pork. Then sprinkle flour as well.

3.  Wrap the meat around the egg with the salted and floured side inside. Sprinkle a light dusting of flour on the outside as well.

4.  Fry in a pan until meat is fully cooked. Season them with ☆. Toss the meat with the sauce while cooking until the sauce thickens.

5. Chicken and Egg Simmered in Refreshing Ponzu Sauce

Ingredients (for 2-3 servings)

・6 Quail eggs or 3 Boiled egg
・7 oz (200g) Chicken
・8.1 oz (230g) Daikon
・0.5 cup (130ml) Ponzu sauce*
・0.5 cup (130ml) Water
・3.5 tbsp (50ml) Mirin

*Ponzu sauce
・1 Lime
・3.5 tbsp (50ml) Soy sauce☆
・2.5 tbsp (40ml) Rice vinegar☆
・2 tsp Mirin☆
・1 tsp of Dashi powder☆

Direction

1.  Make lime juice. Mix it with ☆ to make ponzu sauce.

2.  Put ponzu sauce, water, and mirin in a pot. Simmer daikon and chicken with the sauce.

3.  When daikon is cooked, add boiled (quail) eggs and simmer for 10 minutes.

6. Crispy Fried Quail Eggs

Ingredients (for 2-3 servings)

・12 Quail eggs
・A pinch of Salt and pepper

・2 tbsp Flour☆
・2 tbsp Beaten egg☆
・1 tbsp Water☆
・Panko
・Oil for frying

Direction

1.  Prepare boiled quail eggs. Skewer and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

2.  Make batter by mixing ☆, dip quail eggs in the batter, then coat them with panko.

3.  Fry in oil for 2-3 minutes on each side until golden brown.