Sweet And Sour Crab Omelet Recipe: 59 Photos
Crab omelette with sweet and sour sauce
FAQ
Kanitama is a crab omelette served over white rice and topped with a thick clear sauce loaded with ginger-infused crab meat and fresh green lettuce. This is a Japanese/Chinese fusion dish that is found in Chinese restaurants all over Japan.
The takeaway. For the moistest, most tender scrambled eggs and omelets, I recommend salting and beating your eggs before cooking them. If you want your eggs even more tender and moist, let the salted, beaten eggs rest until they've noticeably darkened in color, about 15 minutes, before cooking them.
Chahan may have originated from Chinese immigrants who arrived at the port of Kobe, Japan in the 1860s. In Chinese, fried rice is called chǎofàn (炒飯); these same Chinese characters have a Japanese reading of Chāhan.
Chan-han チャーハン is a kind of Cantonese rice, stir-fried rice with a variety of toppings, according to the concept of cupboard cooking. This dish which is very popular in Japan is actually very simple: invariably rice, egg, spices and then the topping of chopped or cubed vegetables, fish, meat, seafood or tofu.
If you want a lighter (not lighter in calories) and fluffier omelette, you can add a splash of water to the eggs which will create steam as it cooks. Or if you want a richer omelette, you can add a splash of milk or cream.