Osaka Style Cabbage Pancakes Okonomiyaki Recipes

AUTHENTIC OKONOMIYAKI (JAPANESE CABBAGE PANCAKES)

Steps:

• If you are making your own okonomiyaki sauce, heat the ingredients in a small saucepan until the sugar dissolves, stirring. Set aside. Make your dashi, if using.
• Put all the okonomiyaki ingredients except the bacon in a large bowl and mix well.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add half of the oil. When the oil shimmers and a drop of batter sizzles, ladle about 1/4 of the batter into the skillet, shaping into a large, thick pancake. Layer several pieces of bacon on top.
• Cook over medium-low until the pancake is browned and set on one side. Do not rush; this will take around 7 or 8 minutes. Flip, and cook on the other side. Repeat with the remaining batter.PRO TIP: To help flip the pancake, you can always invert the pancake onto a plate, then slide it back onto the skillet.
• Serve, second side up, with okonomiyaki sauce, a drizzle of Kewpie mayonnaise, the nori, and bonito flakes.TIP: Kewpie mayonnaise is from Japan, but is easily available online and in specialty markets. The taste is better and richer than regular mayo because it is made from yolks only.

OKONOMIYAKI (OSAKA-STYLE JAPANESE PANCAKES) RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Put flour in a large bowl.
• Add dashi to bowl and mix to make batter. Rest for about an hour in refrigerator.
• To make one okonimiyaki pancake, take out about 1/2 cup of batter and place into another bowl.
• Mix about 1/4 pound chopped cabbage, about 1 tablespoon chopped green onion, and about 2 tablespoons of tempura flakes into batter.
• Add 1 egg ​into batter and stir.
• Heat an electric pan, griddle , or skillet and oil lightly.
• Pour batter into the pan and make a round shape. It will take a few minutes to cook, keep an eye on it.
• Meanwhile, fry a couple slices of meat on the side in another saucepan and place the meat on top of okonomiyaki.
• Flip okonomiyaki and cook until cooked through.
• Garnish the okonomiyaki as directed below. Repeat until you have used up all of the batter.
• Gather the ingredients.
• Flip the okonomiyaki again and spread okonomiyaki sauce and mayonnaise on top.
• Sprinkle ao-nori over the sauce.
• Sprinkle katsuobushi and beni-shoga, if you would like.
• Serve and enjoy!

CLASSIC OKONOMIYAKI (JAPANESE CABBAGE AND PORK PANCAKES)

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine hondashi with 1 cup water and whisk until dissolved. Whisk in eggs until well combined. Add flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda and whisk until smooth. Fold in cabbage, scallions and ginger until well incorporated.
• In an 8-inch nonstick skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil. Add half the batter, spreading cabbage mixture into an even 6-inch round about 1-inch thick (resist the urge to push down on the mixture). Arrange half the pork belly over the cabbage, slightly overlapping. Cook over medium-low until pancake is set and golden brown underneath, 8 to 10 minutes. Reduce heat to low and carefully flip pancake by inverting onto a plate then slipping back into the skillet.
• Cook until golden brown on second side, pancake is cooked through in center and pork is lightly golden, about 8 minutes. Transfer pancake, pork side up, onto a large plate. Wipe out skillet and repeat with remaining oil, batter and pork belly.
• Drizzle pancakes with okonomi sauce and Kewpie mayonnaise, then top with a handful of shaved bonito and nori. Serve warm.