Saturday Share - Recipe - Japanese Eggs

I lived in Okinawa, Japan for many years. In my apartment building,  I was one of only 2 Americans. I have fond memories of my Okinawan neighbors.

One neighbor in particular was a close friend. She taught me how to prepare a typical breakfast. I’d seen the dried fish which looked kind of like chunks of wood.

For breakfast with her, she grated the dried fish and made a delicious broth with it. She added paper thin slices of scallion, some chopped mung bean sprouts, small bit of tofu, and a tiny bit of shoyu, called soy sauce by most of us.

That was it—such a simple breakfast, but it was aromatic and full of flavor. Preparing breakfast with her that day changed the way I thought of breakfast and inspired me to add vegetables to a morning meal—stir-fried greens, peppers, and onion or bean sprouts as in today’s recipe which I call…

JAPANESE OMELET

Ingredients

3 eggs

1 cup bean sprouts, chopped

Sprouting Lids from Amazon

1/2 cup sliced mushrooms

4 tablespoons finely minced onion

2 tablespoons chopped bell pepper

1 tablespoon finely minced ginger root

1 small clove garlic, finely minced (or 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder)

1 teaspoon soy sauce

black pepper as needed

Directions

1. Beat eggs until frothy.

2. Stir in all of the other ingredients

3. Lightly coat a large skillet with a vegetable oil. The skillet should be hot but not so hot that it will immediately overcook the egg mixture.

4. Treat the mixture like a pancake. You’ll use a large cook spoon to pour a spoonful of the mixture onto the hot skillet. 

5. Cook until the eggs are set then turn the “pancake” over to cook the other side.

6. When done, the “pancake” should be lightly browned and the eggs firm. Remove to an oven-proof platter to keep warm in the oven until ready to serve.

NOTE: I sprout seeds rather than buy them at the supermarket. It’s easy to do. I use wide mouth glass jars and special sprouting lids as shown above. Click here to read about sprouting seeds. I switched from the metal jar rings in that blog post to the plastic ones shown above.

TAKEAWAY TRUTH

This is a simple meal that’s nutritious and tasty whether you’re making it for breakfast, brunch, or dinner. I hope you’ll try this

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