Tamago Kake Gohan

Ingredients

• •2 cups hot freshly cooked short-grain rice
• •2 very fresh eggs
• •2 tsp soy sauce, or to taste
• •Furikake or sliced green onion, for topping (optional)

Steps

1. 1.Divide the hot rice between two bowls.
2. 2.Crack an egg into a small bowl for each portion and separate the white from the yolk if desired for a fluffier texture, whisking the white on its own.
3. 3.Make a small well in the center of the rice and pour in the egg white first, mixing it vigorously into the hot rice until it turns creamy and the residual heat gently cooks the white - this two-stage mixing is the advanced technique for the fluffiest texture, though whole eggs work fine too.
4. 4.Add the soy sauce and mix again.
5. 5.Top with the reserved yolk, letting it sit whole in the center or breaking it in for extra richness.
6. 6.Sprinkle with furikake or green onion if using, and eat immediately while the rice is still hot - the dish only works with genuinely fresh, high-quality eggs, since there's nowhere for off flavors to hide.