Tamagoyaki
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon mirin
- 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
- optional: dash of dashi (fish stock)
Crack your eggs into your bowl and add your mirin, soy sauce, and sugar while blending. You don't exactly want bubbly eggs, only frothy, to keep the omelette light and airy but still solid enough to stand on its own.
Turn on medium heat and oil your pan, make sure you get the sides of the pan oiled because this is where you'll be leaning the egg and sliding your spatula around. I usually use a piece of paper towel to spread the cooking oil around.
Pour your mixture on evenly, you don't want it cooking immediately as it hits the pan, so you're not looking for a loud (if satisfying) fry sound as it hits, but a softer sizzle. If you're bubbling up, it's probably too hot, but don't worry, just turn down your heat, the first part of the egg that hits the pan will be in the middle of the roll, so it won't be too obvious.
Tilt your pan around to spread the mixture, you want to spread the egg evenly around the pan, without it being too thin. This shouldn't take more than a few seconds. Wait for it to cook a little, it should be opaque and start bubbling up from underneath as the bottom cooks.
I use a wide flat spatula for flipping; you'll be trying to fold over the omelette, about an inch or more depending on how you want your tamago to look or how you'll be presenting it. Flip it in and give the pan a tap on the handle to loosen up the egg. Give the pan a little shimmy to help move the omelette away from the back edge of the pan.
Keep folding your egg up, don't worry too much about the omelette being runny or raw on the inside, it should cook up from any residual heat. If not, simply leave it on medium heat for a little while longer, just be careful not to burn the omelette.
from: https://www.instructables.com/Easy-Tamagoyaki-egg-sushi/