This egg and onion dish brings back some good school memories. It was one of my favorite dishes for my lunch box that my mom made. For lunch boxes, moms had to cook several side dishes in the morning. I can see that my mom liked to cook this since it is very simple and we loved it. Usually, Korean food takes time to make and has many ingredients. In that point, this recipe is one of the simplest recipes on this website. 🙂 The flavor of onion with fried eggs tastes great without any other flavors. I am a garlic, onion, and green onion lover. Are you too? If so, you have to try this recipe someday. 😉
Yield: 2 Servings
Short Korean Lesson
- HyangSu (향수) = Perfume
- HyangSu (향수) = Homesick
Video Instructions
Main Ingredients
- 1 Cup Onion
- 3 Eggs
- ¼ tsp Salt
- Some Cooking Oil for Frying
Directions
Slice 1 medium sized onion thinly. You will need about 1 cup.
Combine the onion, 3 eggs, and ¼ tsp of salt. Mix it well.
The easy way to cook the egg is to pour all of the egg mixture into a heated and oiled (1-2 Tbsp) pan, spreading it out across the bottom of the pan. However, when my mom made it, she would pour a large spoonful at a time into the pan. This makes the egg a little crispier. 😉 Fry it on medium high.
When one side becomes golden brown, flip it over. Gently press it with a spatula.
When both sides are golden brown, it is done.
Cut the cooked egg into smaller sized pieces, unless you cooked my mom’s way.
It looks good and tastes great. Thanks. 🙂
You’re right, this recipe is simple to make. My daughter is coming back tomorrow. We’ll make this together. My family loves green onion, garlic and onion too. ^.^
hi Bennyrondo,
hehe then it’s perfect dish for your family. ^^ Enjoy ~~ 🙂
this is also one of my favorite egg dish..
I have the habit of frying the onion first before mixing it with the egg to fry..
hi neihc,
Oh.. that tastes better if you cook the onion first ?? Interesting… Try this way too someday. 😉
This sounds a little like egg fu young? Regardless, it looks super yummy. I love to eat eggs. They agree with my tummy (oh! I made it rhyme!)
It does actually taste a bit like egg fu young, minus the gravy and meats. Maybe the similarity in flavors explains why my mom would always forgo the gravy and just eat the omelet plain whenever we ordered some at our local Chinese restaurant.
hi Sandy,
hehe.. that’s funny.
hi Bo,
lol please give me some melody to go with your cute rhyme.. so I can sing for bryson 😉 My tummy likes egg too. hehe Try it someday.
Hi!! I love this… Can u tell me wat other side-dishes are good to bring to school in the lunc box??? Please help me.. I’ve been looking for a complete list of side-dishes and main dishes that korean usually packs going to school…
hi Neinei,
most things I posted in side-dish category will work good in lunch box. I just checked again my side-dish category.. yes.. just check it .. everything work for the lunch box.
here is a link for you.
http://aeriskitchen.com/pic-index-korean/#side_dishes
But wat side dishes would u personally choose if ur gonna make ur own lunch box… Thank you very much.. Love ur side n recipes btw XD 😛
Wow – I can’t wait to try this too. Can you also add garlic chives? After your Garlic Chives Kimchi, I’m also addicted to garlic chives. Thanks for posting this recipe.
hi 😀
Yes, you can if you want ^^
This recipe is one of my favourite! Simple and delicious! I love garlic, onion, green onion and chives too. Would like to learn more lunch box dishes! By the way, I like the short Korean vocabulary lesson~ 좋다 ^^
hi Juliana,
Hehe, so we have some same taste for garlic family. 🙂 thanks
So grateful for this recipe. I had forgotten that I had once eaten this until I tasted it tonight. So delicious and so much easier to make than the Japanese rolled omelets that I had been making. Definitely going to be a lunch box favorite for me as well 🙂
hi Sandy,
Sounds great.. thanks for your comment.
Also very grateful for this easy vegetarian doshirak (lunchboc) recipe! My grocer stocks organic free range eggs that are very reasonably priced. I’m always looking for a new way to use them, esp for our lunchboxes.
hi Katharine in Brussels,
So what is your favorite lunchbox menu ?? 🙂
The food looks so yummy!!
I really can’t wait to try it out.
I’m taking a course on International Cuisine and I chose Korean Food. So, I think I’m going to try out a lot of your recipes!!
Thank you so much!! 😀
hi JungHwa,
Wow, international cuisine.. sounds cool ~~~ Yes, try many of my recipes..and let me know how you like them. thanks
Hi Aeri:
I made this tonight and I loved it. My onions were a bit crunchy so next time I cut the onions a little thinner. I served this with soy sace and vinegar with sesame seeds.
I can imagine this being good as a sandwich.
I cooked the entire eggs and onions in a 10-inch skillet and I realize I was unable to flip it over. I did flip it over, but it somewhat broke and was able to piece it back together. Now I know why your mother did it in small portions at a time. What is the trick to flipping it over?
hi :D,
Great !!! here we go.. sandwich.. sounds awesome. 🙂
Maybe your pan was too big ?? anyway.. my tip is.. I pour the mixture in a heated pan..and let it cook for a while..until the surface of the egg is half cooked.. which means.. it will hold better since the texture is thicker.. when you flip it over…. ^^
I like your recipe so muc.It’s so simple,the sweet from onion and good smell from egg make my brother eat all of it:).Thanks.
hi Thuong Thuong,
haha.. sweet sister ….make more for him later. 🙂 thanks
hehe, this actually reminds me of a southeast asian type of omelet (: . we actually use chopped green onions, a pinch of salt and msg into ours instead of onions. anyways this looks good (: