Osaka Style Okonomiyaki

Name: Osaka Style Okonomiyaki
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Asian, Japanese
Ingredients: 10 oz cabbage (finely diced); 2 scallions; 2 oz pickled ginger, kizami beni shoga; 2 oz dry shrimp; 3 oz wheat flour (all-purpose); 1/4 cup nagaimo (mountain yam, pureed); 3/4 cup dashi (stock); 2 eggs (large); 1/2 cup tenkasu (tempura scraps); 1 tbsp canola oil; 6 oz okonomi sauce; 6 oz mayonnaise (Kewpie, Japanese); 1 oz katsuobushi (dry bonito flakes); 1 oz aonori (dry greem seaweed)

9 steps

Prep:25minCook:15min

Okonomiyaki is a Japanese pancake made of shredded cabbage mixed with a variety of ingredients and some batter. Cooked okonomiyaki is served with okonomi sauce, Japanese mayonnaise, katsuobushi, and aonori. All these components are important. Okonomiyaki originated from the Osaka and Hiroshima areas (West) of Japan. The name means “what you like, grilled”. Okonomi means “what you want” or “what you like”, yaki means “grilled” or “cooked”. There is no one way to make Okonomiyaki and no one recipe that defines it — it is very much up to the chef or customer. Osaka style, when all the ingredients are mixed and cooked together, is my favorite.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:03:22 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories495.1 kcal (25%)

Total Fat30.4 g (43%)

Carbs30.7 g (12%)

Sugars6.2 g (7%)

Protein18.4 g (37%)

Sodium621.5 mg (31%)

Fiber3.8 g (13%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

Instructions

Step 1

Finely dice cabbage, mince pickled ginger and scallions, grate nagaimo, make dashi. You can make dashi from scratch or mix instant hon dashi granules with hot water (1 tsp hon dashi + 3/4 cup water). Nagaimo can be substituted with 1 tbsp of tapioca flour mixed with 1/4 cup of boiling hot water.

Step 2

Place in a bowl cabbage, pickled ginger, scallions, nagaimo, dashi, dry shrimp,and eggs.

Step 3

Mix well.

Step 4

Add flour and mix.

Step 5

Add tenkasu. Tenkasu makes okonomiyaki texture light and fluffy. Do not omit it. Don't mix untill frying pan is ready! Place a large diameter frying pan on medium heat. Add oil and bring it to almost smoking.

Step 6

Lower the heat. Mix the batter.

Step 7

Spoon 3 portions of the mixture on the pan. Fry pancakes on medium low heat, covered, for about 5 minutes.

Step 8

Flip them to fry on the other side, when they appear dry on the top. Fry them on the other side not covered for another 2-3 minutes, until golden brown.

Step 9