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Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Tornado Omelet Rice with Meat Sauce

Tornado Omelet Rice with Meat Sauce 肉醬旋風蛋包飯

The Tornado Omelet Rice 旋風蛋包飯is very popular in Asia. I usually make mine with meat sauce because it’s easy, tasty and nutritious.
Are you worried that your egg won’t turn out? When that happens, I just call it a Volcano Omelet Rice…still a natural disaster! Just put some of the sauce on top of the egg like lava. Kids love it!
Some alternative ideas:
• use a curry sauce. Japanese curry works great
• a creamy mushroom sauce with diced chicken or bacon
• add a can of beef stew if time is limited
• chili con carne
• teriyaki sauce
• Mapo tofu (check out my recipe)
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Approximate cost (CAD) $10
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 2 servings
Calories 985 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Cooked rice
  • 300 g Ground beef
  • 156 ml Tomato paste one small can
  • 1 Medium onion diced
  • 1 cup Cherry tomatoes cut into halves
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1 tsp Light soy sauce
  • 1 tsp Sugar for marinade
  • 1 tsp Corn starch
  • 1 tsp Oil for marinade
  • 200 ml Water
  • 2 tsp Sugar for sauce
  • ½ tsp Salt for sauce
  • 1 tbsp Oil for frying ground beef
  • 1 tbsp Oil for frying eggs
  • 1 tsp Chopped parsley

Instructions
 

Instructions for the meat sauce:

  • Cook rice Rice should be hot when ready to plate
  • Marinate ground beef with 1 tsp light soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar and 1 tsp corn starch. Mix well and add 1 tsp oil. Mix well again and set aside
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Tornado Omelet Rice with Meat Sauce-Step2
  • Dice onion and set aside
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Tornado Omelet Rice with Meat Sauce-Step3
  • Cut tomatoes and set aside
  • Chop the parsley and set aside
  • Turn heat to medium-high. Add 1 tbsp of oil and brown the ground beef. Cook for about 2 minutes or until the beef is approximately 50% cooked and remove the beef. Leave the oil in the pan
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Tornado Omelet Rice with Meat Sauce-Step5
  • Using the same pan, put in the diced onions. Stir-fry until it’s aromatic
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Tornado Omelet Rice with Meat Sauce-Step6
  • Add the tomato paste. Cook it together for 1 minute and add 2 tsp sugar and ½ tsp salt. Mix well
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Tornado Omelet Rice with Meat Sauce-Step7
  • Add 200ml of water to the sauce and bring the sauce to a boil
  • Reduce the heat to low. Add the ground beef and cherry tomatoes. Let it simmer for 15 minutes
  • To thicken the meat sauce, combine 1 tsp of corn starch with 2 tbsp water. Mix well and pour into the sauce and mix well again the thickness of the meat sauce depends on the water content of the tomatoes. If you think the sauce is thick enough, then you can skip this step
  • Turn off heat and set aside
  • Pack a bowl with 1 cup of cooked rice. Place the bowl upside down on a plate and then remove the bowl. Repeat for the second serving. Make the tornado egg
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Tornado Omelet Rice with Meat Sauce-Step13

Instructions for the tornado egg (read all the steps before starting. Steps 2 and 3 need to be done in a fairly fast speed:

  • Crack and beat 2 eggs
  • In a non-stick pan, add 1 tbsp oil, pour the beaten eggs and when the egg is starting to cook, swirl the egg around to form a large circle
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Tornado Omelet Rice with Meat Sauce-Egg-Step2
  • Use a pair of chopsticks and gather 2 opposite sides of the egg together with the chopsticks ending up being 1” apart. It will have the shape of a bow-tie
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Tornado Omelet Rice with Meat Sauce-Egg-Step3
  • Do not remove the chopsticks from the egg and gently spin the chopsticks so that egg is also spinning to make it into a circle shape. Use the edge of the pan to help shape the egg
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Tornado Omelet Rice with Meat Sauce-Egg-Step4
  • Once the egg is cooked, slide it onto the rice
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Tornado Omelet Rice with Meat Sauce-Egg-Step5
  • Spoon the meat sauce around the rice and egg If the egg doesn’t look nice, then put some meat sauce on top of the egg to replicate an erupting volcano
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Tornado Omelet Rice with Meat Sauce-Egg-Step6
  • Repeat for the second serving
  • Add chopped parsley and serve

Nutrition

Calories: 985kcalCarbohydrates: 75gProtein: 46gFat: 56gSaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 434mgSodium: 1608mgPotassium: 1615mgFiber: 5gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 2029IUVitamin C: 38mgCalcium: 141mgIron: 8mg
Keyword Beef, Fried Rice, Meat Sauce, Omelet
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