Japanese

Onsen Tamago (Slow-Poached Egg in Dashi Broth)

Name: Onsen Tamago (Slow-Poached Egg in Dashi Broth)
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 1 cup dashi stock; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp mirin; 1 green onion

Haruka @haruka_sendai

Onsen Tamago (Slow-Poached Egg in Dashi Broth) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

15 min Easy Low carb Eggetarian Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

4 eggs
1 cup dashi stock
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp mirin
1 green onion

How to cook it

Bring a pot of water to about 165 degrees Fahrenheit, just below a simmer with small bubbles forming on the bottom, not the surface.
Lower the whole eggs, still in their shells, into the water and hold the temperature steady for 13 to 15 minutes, adding a splash of cold water if it creeps too hot.
Meanwhile, warm the dashi stock with the soy sauce and mirin in a small saucepan and keep it warm.
Lift the eggs out and crack each one gently into a small bowl or cup, the white barely set and the yolk still thick and glossy.
Spoon the warm dashi mixture over each egg, scatter with the green onion, and serve alone or over a bowl of rice.

Watch how to cook Onsen Tamago (Slow-Poached Egg in Dashi Broth)

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Serve it with

A Japanese breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Onsen Tamago (Slow-Poached Egg in Dashi Broth), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

What it is eaten with
- Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
  
  45 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Onsen Tamago (Slow-Poached Egg in Dashi Broth) carries gluten, eggs, soy, and fish. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Onsen Tamago (Slow-Poached Egg in Dashi Broth)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Soy	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Fish	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 80 kcal
Protein: 6 g
Carbs: 1 g
Fat: 6 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 300 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Onsen Tamago (Slow-Poached Egg in Dashi Broth) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.