Korean Tornado Egg Omelette with Ginger Fried Rice

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Korean Tornado Egg Omelette with Ginger Fried Rice

A delicious, silky-smooth egg dish: Korean Tornado Egg Omelette Especially delicious with easy, 10-minute Ginger Fried Rice. Soft, fluffy layers of eggs. Bundled into a beautiful twist. Melt-in-your-mouth texture with ribbons of silky, velvety smooth eggs. SO GOOD!

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Course: Breakfast, Lunch, Snack

Cuisine: Asian, Korean

Keyword: Ginger Fried Rice, Omelette, Tornado Eggs

Servings: omelettes

Calories: 354kcal

Author: The Subversive Table | Lis Lam

Equipment

Non-stick skillet (for fried rice)
Large, blunt-end chopsticks
8" non-stick skillet for 2 egg Tornado Omelette OR
9.75" non-stick skillet for 3 egg Tornado Omelette
optional: fine mesh sieve

Ingredients

Ginger Fried Rice

2 green onions, chopped finely
1/2 inch ginger, grated
1-2 tsp oil (any neutral tasting oil works)
2 cups cold, day-old rice
salt + black pepper

Tornado Egg Omelette

4 eggs (large, organic) *for 2 omelettes (2 eggs each)
pinch salt

Instructions

Ginger Fried Rice:

Make fried rice. Heat a large non-stick skillet on medium heat. Add oil, ginger, and green onions and let it sizzle away for 30-60 seconds. When fragrant, add cold, day-old rice and break up large chunks with a wooden spoon. Add salt and pepper to taste. Toss a few times to combine and cook until rice is heated through and no longer hard, about 5-6 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper. Set aside.
Plate. Evenly divide Ginger Fried Rice into 2 portions. Scoop each portion into an 8-ounce ramekin, patting down with the back of a spoon. Turn upside down onto a plate. Remove ramekin, leaving behind a perfectly shaped mound of fried rice.

Tornado Eggs:

Whisk eggs. Make 1 omelette at a time: Crack 2 eggs into a bowl and whisk well with a pinch of salt. Optional: put the eggs in a sieve for extra silky texture.
Cook. Heat a non-stick skillet on medium heat. When the pan is hot, add a little oil (about 1 tsp) and swirl around. Add eggs. They should immediately spread out into the pan. When you see bubbles and firm edges, grab the edges with chopsticks and move towards each other, leaving a gap between the chopstick ends. Turn the pan away from you while keeping the chopsticks in place, facing you. As the eggs cook and start twisting, keep turning the pan. Jiggle and shake the pan from time to time, so the uncooked egg will fall down to the bottom of the pan.
Serve. Plate Tornado Eggs immediately on top of fried rice. Repeat with 2nd omelette. Enjoy!

Notes

*Feel free to make an omelette with 2 OR 3 eggs. The method is the same. However, I recommend an 8" skillet for a 2 egg omelette and a 9.75" skillet for a 3 egg omelette.

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