Okonomiyaki

Name: Okonomiyaki
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 200g plain flour; 200ml dashi stock or water; 3 eggs; 400g white cabbage, finely shredded; 200g pork belly, thinly sliced; 4 spring onions, sliced; 4 tbsp okonomiyaki sauce; 4 tbsp Japanese mayonnaise; 2 tbsp aonori seaweed flakes; 10g bonito flakes; 3 tbsp vegetable oil

Osaka's iconic savoury pancake with cabbage, pork belly and a maze of toppings — Japan street food at its best.

Total time

35 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Asian

Ingredients

200gplain flour

200mldashi stock or water

3eggs

400gwhite cabbage, finely shredded

200gpork belly, thinly sliced

4spring onions, sliced

4 tbspokonomiyaki sauce

4 tbspJapanese mayonnaise

2 tbspaonori seaweed flakes

10gbonito flakes

3 tbspvegetable oil

Instructions

Whisk flour with dashi and eggs until smooth.

Fold in cabbage and spring onions — batter will be very thick.

Heat oil in a wide pan, add half the batter and shape into a round.

Lay pork slices over the top.

Cook 5 minutes until set on the bottom, flip carefully.

Cook a further 5 minutes, flip once more.

Top with okonomiyaki sauce, mayo, aonori and bonito flakes — the bonito will wave in the heat.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

615

Protein

16.1g

Fat

40.9g

Carbs

45.3g

Fiber

4.2g

Sodium

91mg

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