Okonomiyaki Recipe 🇯🇵 | Japanese Superfood Recipe for Two | Authentic Japanese Spicy Food Recipe

pork belly

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: bacon

Chicken is leaner and bacon is more accessible.

dashi stock

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water + soy sauce

Vegetable broth offers a lighter flavor, while the water and soy sauce combo is budget-friendly.

mayonnaise

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

okonomiyaki sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup + soy sauce

Homemade sauce can be made with pantry staples.

Start by toasting the sesame seeds in a pan.

While keeping an eye on the sesame seeds toasting, start chopping the cabbage, red onion, carrots, aonori flakes, and ginger.

Prepare the aonori flakes, ginger, and katsoubushi (bonito flakes).

Take off the sesame seeds from the pan.

Add all ingredients into a bowl and season with salt.

Crack an egg and add it to the mixture.

Season the mixture with hondashi (or soy sauce).

Add 2 tablespoons of flour and mix everything together.

Add a second egg and mix until the water is drawn out from the vegetables.

Add pickled ginger.

Add oil to the pan.

Add the mixture to the pan and press it down into a beautifully formed pancake.

Flip the pancake.

While the pancake finishes cooking, prepare the toppings.

Add a quarter cup of Chinese Hot & Sour Sauce and a few dashes of okonomi sauce on top of the pancake.

Brush the sauce on top of the pancake.

Remove the pan from the heat and lay it straight on a cutting board.

Finish by adding all toppings: mayonnaise, green onion, aonori flakes, sesame seeds, and katsoubushi.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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