Easy Bean Sprout (moyashi) Omlete Recipe

Japanese bean sprouts (moyashi) are an extremely inexpensive and nutritious vegetable used in many Japanese recipes. Here's a simple omlete you can make.

Ingredients: 

• 1-2 slices of sandwich ham
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 onion
• handful of bean sprouts
• milk
• salt
• soy sauce

Directions:

1. Dice the onion and ham. 
2. Saute onion and ham in a pan on medium heat with a little cooking oil. Add salt
3. When onion is tender add the bean sprouts with about 1/4 cup water. and steam.
4. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs, add a little milk and a dash of soy sauce.
5. Add mixture to the pan cook everything into an omlete, turning occasionally until done.
6. Serve with rice and ketchup if desired.

Shaved potatoes and cheese Galeto(Cheesy hash-browns) Recipe

Here was an experiment that didn't look great, but tasted great. It's a kind of Japanese potato omelette called (galeto)  inspired from a french dish gallette . It's basically a hash-browns pancake with cheese and ham. The potatoes are supposed to be julienned like hash-browns, bu I was in a hurry, so I just used the potato peeler. I also didn't have pizza cheese, so I cut up some sliced cheese. It eventually formed a pancake. It didn't look like the recipe I saw, but it tasted great as reported by my friends.

Ingredients:

• 2 potatoes
• 1 Tblsp. parmesean cheese
• 1 Tblsp. pizza cheese(I used 2 cut up pieces of sliced cheese)
• 1 Tblsp. flour
• 2 slices sandwich ham or 1 slice of lean bacon
• pinch of salt
• 1 Tblsp. of butter

Directions:

1. Cut the ham or bacon into small pieces.
2. Use a peeler and slice the potatoes into thin slices.
3. Mix potatoes, meat, cheese, flour, and salt in a bowl.
4. Heat a frying pan and add the butter.
5. Add the potato mixture and fry, turning and pressing down with a spatula into a pancake.

Japanese Rolled Omelet(Tamago-yaki) Recipe with Video

Just as Americans love their scrambled eggs, the Japanese love tamago-yaki(卵焼き), a rolled omelet. It's lightly cooked, not to brown and has a sweet taste. It's usually cooked in a special square or rectangular frying pan especially for tamago-yaki, but any frying pan will do. It takes a little practice, but is not difficult to make.

Basically, you're going to add about 1/3 of the egg mixture at a time, roll up the cooked egg sheet and add more mixture. The key is to keep the pan moving and run an oil soaked cloth over the pan at each stage to keep the egg from burning. Below the recipe is a really good instructional video showing how it's made. After you've had a little practice, you can experiment by adding other ingredients like chopped carrots, tuna, or cheese.

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 Tbsp. soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp. dashi stock
• a dash of salt

Directions:

1. Beat the eggs lightly with all the ingredients.
2. Heat the pan and coat the surface with an oil soaked cloth.
3. Pour in about 1/3 of the mixture, lightly cook the egg into a sheet and roll it up.
4. Run the oil cloth over the pan an push the egg roll to the top of the pan. Brush oil over the bottom part.
5. Add another 1/3 of the mixture making sure it gets under the egg roll and roll up again. Repeat this process with all the mixture.
6. Remove your rolled egg cake and cut into thin slices and serve.