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Okonomiyaki

Name: Okonomiyaki
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup flour; 3/4 cup dashi stock or water; 3 eggs; 4 cups finely shredded cabbage; 1/4 cup sliced green onions; 4 slices bacon or thin pork, cut in pieces; 2 tablespoons oil; 3 tablespoons okonomiyaki sauce; 2 tablespoons Japanese mayonnaise; Bonito flakes and nori flakes, to top

お好み焼き

A savory cabbage pancake topped with sauce, mayonnaise, bonito flakes, and seaweed.

Serves 2

Prep 15 min

Cook 15 min

Okonomiyaki — Photo: ume-y, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ingredients

1 cup flour
3/4 cup dashi stock or water
3 eggs
4 cups finely shredded cabbage
1/4 cup sliced green onions
4 slices bacon or thin pork, cut in pieces
2 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons okonomiyaki sauce
2 tablespoons Japanese mayonnaise
Bonito flakes and nori flakes, to top

Steps

Step 1. Whisk the flour, dashi, and 1 egg into a batter. Fold in the cabbage, 2 eggs, and green onions.
Step 2. Heat the oil in a pan. Pour in half the batter, shape into a thick round, and lay half the pork on top.
Step 3. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, flip, and cook 5 minutes more until browned and the pork is cooked through and no longer pink.
Step 4. Brush with sauce, drizzle with mayonnaise, and top with bonito flakes and nori.

Where this recipe comes from

Yoribang Japanese recipes by Yoribang. License: Free to use. View the original (opens in a new tab)

Original Yoribang write-ups of everyday Japanese dishes. Soy sauce, mirin, sake, miso, and dashi make up most of the seasoning. Short-grain rice, panko, nori, and bonito flakes are sold at Asian grocery stores and many supermarkets. Dashi can be made from scratch or from instant granules.