Steps to Prepare Homemade Okonomiyaki
Okonomiyaki. Okonomiyaki (literally means 'grilled as you like it') is a savory version of Japanese pancake, made with flour, eggs, shredded cabbage, meat/ protein and topped with a variety of condiments. Learn how to make Japanese street food at home with this okonomiyaki recipe! These delicious savory pancakes are filled with cabbage, scallions, and more.
Selected toppings and ingredients are added which can vary greatly (anything from meat and seafood. With a history as rich as its flavor, Japan's "pancake/pizza/crepe/omelette" will fill you up and ensure you come back for more. What is Okonomiyaki? (お好み焼き) It's a traditional Japanese food that is sometimes called "Japanese Pancake" or "Japanese Pizza".
Hello everybody, it's Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we're going to make a distinctive dish, okonomiyaki. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Okonomiyaki (literally means 'grilled as you like it') is a savory version of Japanese pancake, made with flour, eggs, shredded cabbage, meat/ protein and topped with a variety of condiments. Learn how to make Japanese street food at home with this okonomiyaki recipe! These delicious savory pancakes are filled with cabbage, scallions, and more.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have okonomiyaki using 25 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Okonomiyaki:
- {Get of Batter:.
- {Make ready 120 g of Unbleached All Purpose Flour,.
- {Get Pinch of Sea Salt,.
- {Prepare Pinch of Granulated Sugar,.
- {Prepare Pinch of Baking Powder,.
- {Make ready 160 g of Nagaimo / Japanese Yam Grated,.
- {Take 180 ml of Daishi,.
- {Take 1/2 Cup of Tenkasu / Tempura Scraps,.
- {Take 1/2 Inch of Ginger Grated,.
- {Get 4 of Eggs Light Beaten,.
- {Get 740 g of Japanese Cabbage Finely Shredded,.
- {Take of Shichimi Togarashi / Japanese 7 Peppers, Pinch.
- {Make ready of Sauce:.
- {Take 1.5 TBSP of Granulated Sugar,.
- {Make ready 2 TBSP of Oyster Sauce,.
- {Get 4 TBSP of Tomato Ketchup,.
- {Get 3.5 TBSP of Worcestershire Sauce,.
- {Make ready Pinch of High Quality Wasabi,.
- {Prepare of Assembly:.
- {Get of Canola / Peanut / Vegetable Oil, A Few Drizzle.
- {Make ready 8 Slices of High Quality Chicken Bacon,.
- {Make ready of Nori Flakes, For Toppings.
- {Take of Kewpie Mayo, For Toppings.
- {Prepare of Scallions Coarsely Sliced, For Toppings.
- {Get of Bonito Flakes, For Toppings.
It's a savory dish that is a bit more. Okonomiyaki - Japanese savoury pancake containing loads of shredded cabbage topped with egg, meat and bonito flakes. Eat with sweet sauce and mayonnaise! Okonomi means "how you want it," and an okonomiyaki is one of the world's most infinitely adaptable dishes.
Instructions to make Okonomiyaki:
- Prepare batter. In a large bowl, add flour, salt, sugar and baking powder. Mix until well combined. Add in yam and incorporated well. The mixture should comes together like a dough..
- Gradually add in dashi while still mixing. Mix until well combine making sure no large lumps. *You can pass the batter thru' a fine sieve.* Cover with cling film and chill in the fridge for at least 1 hr..
- While waiting for the batter to set, prepare the sauce. In a small bowl, combine everything together. Set aside in the fridge until ready to use. After 1 hr, prep the batter..
- Add in tenkasu, ginger and eggs. *If you can't find tenkasu, you can simply just deep fried up some batter. Tenkasu is just tempura scraps or leftover.* Mix until well combined. Lastly fold in the cabbage and Shichimi Togarashi until fully incorporated..
- Assemble the okonomiyaki. In a skillet over medium heat, drizzle some oil. Once the oil is heated up, add in the batter. I am making 8 inch okonomiyaki in which the batter will fill up my skillet..
- You can make smaller ones by dividing the batter into 4 equal portions. Gently shape the batter into a round disc. Add strips of bacon on top of the batter..
- Cover the skillet and cook for 5 mins. Once bottom is lightly charred, confidently flip the batter. It is okay if it is messy. Use a spatula to coax into a round disc again. Cover and cook for another 5 mins..
- Once bottom is lightly charred, flip onto serving plate. Brush the sauce onto the okonomiyaki. Sprinkle nori flakes over the top. I dislike my okonomiyaki with lots of mayo, so I just dollops them over the top..
- If you prefer, you can squeeze mayo all over the top in a zig-zag motion. Lastly, sprinkle some bonito flakes and scallions over the top. Repeat the steps for the remaining okonomiyaki. Serve immediately and enjoy how the bonito flakes dance..
The shredded or chopped cabbage in the base is a given, but beyond that, you can add. Once the Okonomiyaki is cooked, it is topped with an Okonomiyaki sauce along with other condiments including, Japanese mayonnaise, katsuobushi, and aonori. Okonomiyaki is a cabbage pancake covered with Okonomiyaki sauce. Okonomiyaki is found anywhere in Japan, but is big in the Osaka area in western Japan where we are (proudly) from. The nostalgic taste of Japanese comfort food prepared soul-ly by you, the way you want.
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