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200円で作れる半熟トロタマ丼。
A melty soft-cooked egg rice bowl you can make for 200 yen.
✎ 作れる = potential form 'can make' · 半熟 = soft-cooked / runny
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火をつけてないフライパンにサラダ油。
Put some salad oil into a cold frying pan without turning on the heat.
✎ つけてない = casual for つけていない · 火をつける = to turn on the heat
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卵2個を静かに割り入れる。
Gently crack in two eggs.
✎ 割り入れる = compound verb 'crack into' · 静かに = adverb 'gently'
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中火でじっくり焼いていく。
Slowly cook it over medium heat.
✎ 〜ていく = do gradually/going forward · じっくり = slowly and carefully
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端が固まってきたら調節。
Once the edges start to set, adjust.
✎ 〜てきたら = once it starts to… · 固まる = to set / harden
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裏にサラダ油を流し込む感じ。
Kind of letting the salad oil flow underneath the eggs.
✎ 流し込む = compound verb 'pour/let flow in' · 〜感じ = 'the idea is to…'
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裏がカリカリになるまで焼く。その間にタレ作り。
Fry until the bottom is crispy. Meanwhile, make the sauce.
✎ 〜まで = until · カリカリ = crispy (onomatopoeia) · その間に = in the meantime
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麺つゆ大さじ1、みりん小さじ2、料理酒小さじ2。
1 tablespoon of mentsuyu, 2 teaspoons of mirin, 2 teaspoons of cooking sake.
✎ 大さじ = tablespoon · 小さじ = teaspoon · recipe-style noun listing
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焼肉のタレ小さじ1、ニンニクチューブ2秒。
1 teaspoon of yakiniku sauce, a 2-second squeeze of garlic paste.
✎ 焼肉のタレ = bottled BBQ sauce · 2秒 = casual measure (squeeze for 2 seconds)
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味の素4振り、一味２振り、ブラックペッパー8振り。
4 shakes of Ajinomoto (MSG), 2 shakes of chili pepper, 8 shakes of black pepper.
✎ 〜振り = counter for 'shakes' of a seasoning
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ごま油小さじ1、全体を馴染ませる。
1 teaspoon of sesame oil, then blend it all together.
✎ なじませる = causative 'make it blend in' · 全体 = the whole thing
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裏がカリカリになったらタレを回しかける、
Once the bottom is crispy, pour the sauce over,
✎ 〜になったら = once it becomes · 回しかける = drizzle/pour all over
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とろみがつくまで煮込む。
and simmer until it thickens.
✎ とろみがつく = to thicken (set phrase) · 煮込む = simmer
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とろみが固まったら完璧。
Once the sauce sets, it's perfect.
✎ 〜たら = when/once · 完璧 = perfect
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おいぶらぺ。
It's delicious with the black pepper. There you go!
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