Okonomiyaki

Name: Okonomiyaki
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour; ¾ cup dashi; 3 unit eggs; 4 oz nagaimo / mountain yam (finely grated); 1 lb green cabbage (finely shredded); 3 unit scallions (sliced); 8 oz thin-sliced pork belly; 2 tbsp neutral oil; 4 tbsp okonomiyaki sauce; 3 tbsp Japanese mayonnaise; ¼ cup katsuobushi / bonito flakes; 1 tbsp nori or aonori (crumbled)

Seafood & Poultry · East Asian

12 ingredients · 40 minutes · 2 servings

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Contains gluten, egg, fish · usually contains soy

Restrictions

Containsgluten · egg · fishIt is in an ingredient you cannot leave out.

Usually containssoy (okonomiyaki sauce)The usual version has it. One without it exists — it is the one named here.

Diets

No alcohol

Worked out from the ingredient list. It knows nothing about brands, shared equipment or cross contamination, and it is not a certification — if you have an allergy, you still have to read the label.

Ingredients

Servings:

1 cup	all-purpose flour
¾ cup	dashi
3 unit	eggs
4 oz	nagaimo / mountain yam (finely grated)
1 lb	green cabbage (finely shredded)
3 unit	scallions (sliced)
8 oz	thin-sliced pork belly
2 tbsp	neutral oil
4 tbsp	okonomiyaki sauce
3 tbsp	Japanese mayonnaise
¼ cup	katsuobushi / bonito flakes
1 tbsp	nori or aonori (crumbled)

Optional

Not counted above. The dish works without them.

2 tbsp

pickled ginger

Steps

Whisk2 min
smooth loose batter
Whisk flour with dashi, eggs and grated nagaimo until just smooth. The batter should be light enough to coat cabbage, not thick enough to become the bulk of the pancake.
Fold2 min
cabbage coated lightly
- scallions
Fold cabbage and scallions into the batter immediately before cooking. Stop as soon as everything is lightly coated; crushing the cabbage releases water and makes the pancake dense.
Fry6 min
first side browned, pork laid over top
- thin-sliced pork belly
Oil a skillet over medium heat, mound one compact 6- to 8-inch pancake, level it gently and lay pork belly across the top. Cook until the bottom is browned enough to release cleanly.
Fry6 min
pork rendered and center set
Flip confidently in one motion and cook pork-side down until the meat browns and the center feels springy rather than wet. Lower the heat if the pork colors before the center sets.
Rest1 min
returned cabbage-side down
Flip once more, remove from the heat and immediately stripe with sauce and mayonnaise, then finish with nori and bonito flakes. Serve at once while the edges are still crisp.