Tamago kake gohan


is a popular Japanese breakfast food consisting of cooked Japanese rice topped or mixed with raw egg and soy sauce.

Background

Tamago kake gohan, popularly abbreviated TKG, is a dish in which a raw egg is put on top of or mixed with rice, or a recipe for such a dish. Beaten eggs are sometimes used, as are non-beaten. Sometimes only the yolk of the egg is used.
The dish is known in Japan as "tamago kake gohan", "tamago kake meshi", "tamago gohan", or simply "tamago kake". Tamago may be written 玉子, as an alternative to the single character 卵.

Method of preparation

A raw egg and Japanese rice are simply mixed in the rice bowl. The rice may be cold, recently cooked or reheated; the egg may be broken directly into the rice bowl, or beaten in a separate bowl beforehand. Some people dig a "well" in the mound of rice to pour the egg into.