Basically okonomiyaki are like a savory Japanese pancake that is shoved with whatever you like (the word okonomiyaki is literally “what you want”). This is a pretty basic one with just some dried tuna flakes and cabbage but you can pretty much put in anything you want from blue cheese to fish eggs to ground bison – whatever you have laying around. You can pick up the Japanese ingredients in a specialty Asian store or on Amazon.
Oknomiyaki
Author MabCategory
Yields 3 Servings Servings Quarter (0.75 Servings) Half (1.5 Serving) Default (3 Servings) Double (6 Servings) Triple (9 Servings)
Ingredients
½ cabbage, shredded
2 green onions, chopped roughly
25 g katsuobushi (dried skipjack tuna flake)
200 g flour
2 eggs
100 ml dashi (or other stock)
okonomiyaki sauce, japanese style mayonnaise, nori, for toppings
Directions
1 In a large bowl, combine the shredded cabbage, scallions, katsuobushi, and flour, mix with two forks or your hands until combined.
2 Add the eggs and dashi, and whisk together until the everything is uniformly incorporated.
3 Pour the wet ingredients into the cabbage mixture and stir together until there are no large lumps of flour.
4 Heat a pan to medium and oil the pan.
5 Pour about 1/3 of the batter in the pan spreading it carefully (it should be about 3/4"-1" thick).
6 Cook until the bottom is browned, 5-7 minutes then flip the okonomiyaki and cook the other side for another 5-7 minutes.
7 Slide the okonomiyaki out of the pan onto a plate and top with your desired add ons.
Ingredients Ingredients
½ cabbage, shredded
2 green onions, chopped roughly
25 g katsuobushi (dried skipjack tuna flake)
200 g flour
2 eggs
100 ml dashi (or other stock)
okonomiyaki sauce, japanese style mayonnaise, nori, for toppings
Directions Directions
1 In a large bowl, combine the shredded cabbage, scallions, katsuobushi, and flour, mix with two forks or your hands until combined.
2 Add the eggs and dashi, and whisk together until the everything is uniformly incorporated.
3 Pour the wet ingredients into the cabbage mixture and stir together until there are no large lumps of flour.
4 Heat a pan to medium and oil the pan.
5 Pour about 1/3 of the batter in the pan spreading it carefully (it should be about 3/4"-1" thick).
6 Cook until the bottom is browned, 5-7 minutes then flip the okonomiyaki and cook the other side for another 5-7 minutes.
7 Slide the okonomiyaki out of the pan onto a plate and top with your desired add ons.
