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Did you know that nori can be used to cook with rolled eggs? Today, we are looking at how to make Tamagoyaki, which is a type of Japanese omelette. This dish has a slightly sweet and savoury taste and is well-loved amongst Japanese children and adults. It is often found as part of a Japanese breakfast or in a bento, which is a Japanese lunchbox.

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Even though Tamagoyaki can seem really difficult to make due to its artful representation, don’t worry and try our simple recipe below! We hope you enjoy making it as much as we do!

Tamagoyaki with Grilled Nori

Tamagoyaki is a type of Japanese omelette, which is made by rolling together several layers of fried egg. Tamgoyaki are often prepared in a rectangular frying pan.

This recipe is a delicious tamagoyaki with umami from nori.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings Servings

Ingredients

3 eggs
1 Sheet Grilled Nori
1 teaspoon Tamari soy sauce (whole soybean sauce that does not use wheat)
½ teaspoon Canola oil or other frying oil

Instructions

Cut nori to the size of the frying pan.
Put soy sauce on a bowl, break the eggs into it, then mix them.
Heat the frying pan and pour the cooking oil on it.
Pour a little over half of the mixed egg into the oil-heated frying pan, heat on medium to high medium heat, and put half of the grilled nori on it.
When the eggs start to harden, roll it along with the nori from the top side of the frying pan to the bottom side.
Move the rolled egg (from the previous step) from the bottom side of frying pan to the top side, then pour the remaining egg liquid. Lightly lift the rolled egg with chopsticks and add the egg liquid onto the frying pan.
Place the remaining grilled nori on the egg. When the eggs start to harden, roll it again with the same technique as before.
Pick the tamagoyaki from the frying pan, cut into 4 equal parts and serve.Your delicious tamagoyaki with nori is ready to eat!

Notes

You can use this recipe for making tamagoyaki for sushi rolls.

For the soy sauce in ingredients, you can use tamari soy sauce or ordinary soy sauce. Just choose the one you like 🙂

Keyword nori, Tamagoyaki, Fried egg

Product Recommendations for Nori

It is reported that a high percentage of nori has gone through an acid treatment to remove pathogens, however, this is not eco-friendly for the environment. If you are interested, here are some of our recommendations of several nori products from eco-friendly manufacturers: