Breakfast Of Champions # 59 – Tamago Gohan

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While Tamago Gohan is a quintessential Japanese breakfast, I eat it often and at any time of the day, whenever I want to have a meal that is simple and feels cleansing and light. (To ME it feels cleansing and light 🙂 ), probably because of its simplicity ?
I also frequently enjoy an even simpler dish – plain steamed rice with soy sauce/wasabi drizzled over it and topped with undressed, crisp iceberg chiffonade.
Tamago Gohan in its original form consists of rice, whole raw egg, toasted sesame seeds and a splash of soy sauce. I have been introduced to that version of Tamago Gohan many years ago in Japan, (way before I got married to Maria), after spending the night with a young local lady in a Ryokan just outside of Nakasaki. I must admit that I was very apprehensive at first about the raw egg, but the whole day/night was very adventuresome in so many ways, so why stop there.
Frankly, at that point I was not a big fan of that breakfast experience, but, like so many other experiences one has when young and adventurous, years later when I came across Tamago Gohan again, I remembered it as a more pleasant experience than it actually was at the time. I then started to prepare it at home, slightly adjusted to make it more enticing to me by using egg yolk only instead of the whole egg and adding a knob of soft butter and sliced scallion, which transforms it into a very appealing, tasty dish with great texture. Ever since that adjustment, it’s been an often enjoyed dish in my house, usually accompanied by a piping hot pot of mint tea 🙂
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Bon Appétit ! Life is Good !
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P.S.
If you are grossed-out by the raw eggs, think of the raw yolks in sunny side up fried eggs or soft poached eggs.
If that does not help, maybe use chopped-up fried eggs or poached eggs instead of the raw eggs…….
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P.P.S.
Please use only the freshest eggs possible !!! and handle them with the utmost care !!!!
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Steamed Rice :

Ingredients

1 cup short-grain rice (I sometimes use basmati)
1,5 cup water

Instructions

Put rice in a bowl. Wash and discard water 3 times. Place rice and water in a heavy pot. Let it soak for 30 minutes.
Cook rice without lid at high heat until it boils. Stir and reduce heat. Simmer covered for 15 minutes.
Let stand covered for 10 minutes, fluff with fork or chop sticks.

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Breakfast Of Champions # 59 – Tamago Gohan

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Preparation :
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: toast until golden

: prepare per person 2 egg yolks or 1 whole egg, 2 tblsp soy sauce with 1 tblsp sliced scallion, 1 tblsp toasted sesame seeds, 1 bowl fresh-steamed rice