Volga rice (sometimes boruga rice) is a
fried rice
Fried rice is a dish of cooked rice that has been stir-fried in a wok or a frying pan and is usually mixed with other ingredients such as eggs, vegetables, seafood, or meat. It is often eaten by itself or as an accompaniment to another dish. ...
dish popular in
Echizen,
Fukui Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Fukui Prefecture has a population of 778,943 (1 June 2017) and has a geographic area of 4,190 km2 (1,617 sq mi). Fukui Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the north, G ...
, Japan. Sometimes classed as one of the Three Delicacies of Echizen alongside ''
oroshi soba'' and ''
ekimae chuka soba'', it is a variant of
made of a base of fried rice which is then topped with an
omelet
In cuisine, an omelette (also spelled omelet) is a dish made from beaten eggs, fried with butter or oil in a frying pan (without stirring as in scrambled egg). It is quite common for the omelette to be folded around fillings such as chives, ve ...
and crumb-covered
pork
Pork is the culinary name for the meat of the domestic pig (''Sus domesticus''). It is the most commonly consumed meat worldwide, with evidence of pig husbandry dating back to 5000 BCE.
Pork is eaten both freshly cooked and preserved; ...
cutlet
Cutlet (derived from French ''côtelette'', ''côte'', "rib") refers to:
# a thin slice of meat from the leg or ribs of mutton, veal, pork or chicken
# a dish made of such slice, often breaded (also known in various languages as a '' cotoletta ...
; the whole is then covered in rich sauce. There is no proven explanation for the name "Volga rice", though there are various theories.
References
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Echizen, Fukui
Fried rice
Pork dishes
Egg dishes