Ukyou's Third Okonomiyaki Recipe

This recipe was originally posted on soc.culture.japan by Kenton Green, and was forwarded to me by Jason Yew.

From Kenton Green:

Here is what I have collected: (thanks to Murata Miyako, Ken Nishino, Shimpei Yamashita and others).

Recipe for 2 people:

Remember that Okonomi-yaki means something akin to "cooking the way you like to," so an okonomi-yaki is a pancake filled with whatever you choose. Provided you have eggs and flour, the dish can be completed with almost any other ingredient you have on hand.

  1. Break 2 eggs and mix in bowl with 2/3 cup of dashi (or soup stock) or water. Sprinkle in 1 cup of weak flour and beat until lumps disappear.
  2. Cut 1/6 of a head of cabbage into ~1cm-square pieces and mix with 60g of thinly sliced pork. Add a 1/2 of an onion, diced. Tsukuri-ika (sliced squid) or sakura-ebi (dried shrimp) may be used instead of pork. Other ingredients like beni-shouga (red pickled ginger) or vegetables may also be added.
  3. Add the contents of [2] to [1], stir, and then pour mixture on hot plate. Some people at this point also add a small packet of yaki-soba (fried buckwheat noodles) and a raw egg in the center. This concoction will form a pile on your hot plate. Don't be alarmed; it is meant to taste wonderful, not look elegant.
  4. When underside is brown, flip pancake and cook until done.
  5. Divide into slices and season with Worcestershire sauce, nori (dried seaweed) flakes, katsuo-bushi (bonito flakes), Kewpie (?) mayonnaise (american is not as good) or your favorite spices.

Good luck!

Kenton


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