Tamago Kake Gohan

Chef: Sōma Yukihira
In the manga: One-shot
Cuisine and type: Japanese

Tamago Kake Gohan is a dish made by Sōma Yukihira against Julio Rossi Saotome in a Shokugeki in the One-shot.

While a simple dish made with rice mixed with raw cheap eggs gives off the impression of second-rate cooking, a simple twist is given to make this dish a one-of-a-kind specialty. In a maneuver that is normally difficult to achieve, the eggs are quickly infused with the seasonings before it is able to cook on its own. The result is not only a delicious aroma, but a taste that only Sōma can make.

Real-world dishes

Tamago Kake Gohan

Real facts

Tamago kake gohan (卵かけご飯?, egg on rice) or Tamago gohan in short is a popular Japanese breakfast food consisting of cooked rice topped or mixed with raw egg and optionally, soy sauce. Tamago kake gohan is a dish in which a raw egg is put on top of or mixed with rice, or a recipe for such a dish. Beaten eggs are sometimes used, as are non-beaten. Sometimes only the yolk of the egg is used. The dish is known in Japan as "tamago kake gohan" (gohan means rice or food and kake means "splashed" or "dashed"), "tamago bukkake meshi" (meshi means rice or food), "tamago gohan", or simply "tamago kake". Tamago (egg) may be written 玉子, as an alternative to the single character 卵.

Trivia

Some of the characteristics of this dish is carried over to Transforming Furikake Gohan, which is also the first dish Sōma makes for Nakiri Erina in the main series.
Producers of Shokugeki no Soma recreated some of the recipes shown in the series, the article features the Tamago Kake Gohan.

Dish details from the Shokugeki no Sōma Wiki (CC BY-SA).

Recipe

Wiki recipe, completed by Totsuki AI

Sōma's Tamago Kake Gohan

The one-shot twist — garlic-onion soy oil infused into the beaten egg before it hits the hot rice

Difficulty
Total time: 15 min
Hands-on: 15 min
Cost: ¥¥¥¥
Servings: 2

Equipmentsmall frying pan, bowl

Tasteumami, rich, comforting

Ingredients

+ added by Totsuki AI. ≈ amount estimated by Totsuki AI.

2 eggs, very fresh (amount estimated)
2 bowls short-grain rice, freshly cooked and steaming (amount estimated)
¼ onion, very finely minced (amount estimated)
1 clove garlic, very finely minced (amount estimated)
2 tbsp soy sauce (amount estimated)
1 tbsp sesame oil (amount estimated)
green onion, to taste — optional (added by Totsuki AI)

Method

+ step written by Totsuki AI.

1
Warm the sesame oil and gently fry the onion and garlic until golden and fragrant. Turn off the heat and stir in the soy sauce.+
2
Beat the eggs well and quickly whisk in the warm garlic-soy oil so the egg absorbs the seasoning before it starts to set.+
3
Make a well in the steaming rice, pour in the egg and stir vigorously until the rice is coated and silky. Top with green onion.+

Food safety

The egg is barely cooked — use very fresh, pasteurised eggs (Japanese eggs are produced for raw eating; many others are not).