Tamago Kake Gohan

Name: Tamago Kake Gohan
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 bowl freshly steamed hot Japanese rice; 1 very fresh egg (pasteurised if outside Japan); 1–2 tsp soy sauce; Spring onion, nori or katsuobushi (optional)

卵かけご飯/tah-MAH-goh KAH-keh GOH-hahn/

Also known as: TKG, Tamago Gohan, Japanese Egg Rice, Raw Egg Rice

About this dish

Hot steamed rice with a raw egg cracked over it and mixed with soy sauce until silky, a simple Japanese comfort breakfast.

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Ingredients

🍚1 bowl freshly steamed hot Japanese rice

🥚1 very fresh egg (pasteurised if outside Japan)

🫙1–2 tsp soy sauce

🌿Spring onion, nori or katsuobushi (optional)

Method

Serves 2

Put the hot rice in a bowl and make a dent in the centre.

Crack the egg into the dent.

Add the soy sauce.

Mix quickly with chopsticks until the rice is coated and fluffy.

Top with spring onion, nori or katsuobushi and eat straight away.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

TKG is an everyday Japanese breakfast; it relies on Japan's eggs being produced to be eaten raw, so use very fresh, pasteurised eggs elsewhere.

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