This is the ultimate okonomiyaki recipe, arrived at after dozens of restaurant visits and trial-and-error, that will make you feel like you don't need to go to a restaurant anymore. With a focus on the golden ratio, how to mix the batter, and grilling technique, you can recreate a fluffy and undeniably delicious dish at home. Please give it a try.

Ingredients

Main Ingredients (2 servings)

  • 200g Cabbage
  • 2 slices Pork Belly
  • 10g Japanese Yam
  • 40g Tenkasu (tempura scraps)
  • 2 Eggs
  • 10g Pickled Ginger (beni shoga)
  • 10g Chopped Green Onion
  • 20g Tempura Flour

Seasonings

  • 30cc Mentsuyu
  • to taste Otafuku Sauce (Okonomiyaki Sauce)
  • to taste Mayonnaise
  • to taste Bonito Flakes
  • to taste Aonori (seaweed flakes)

Steps

  1. First, thinly slice 200g of cabbage into coarse shreds.
  2. Place the sliced cabbage in a colander and rinse with water.
  3. In a bowl, combine 20g of tempura flour and 24cc of mentsuyu, mixing thoroughly until uniform. [This is the key!] It's good to make a generous amount of the batter mixture.
  4. Peel the skin thickly from 10g of Japanese yam and grate it.
  5. Thoroughly drain the water from the cabbage that was rinsed.
  6. In a large bowl, add 100g of the drained cabbage.
  7. Next, add 5g of pickled ginger and 5g of chopped green onion to the bowl.
  8. Precisely measure and add 5g of the grated Japanese yam to the bowl. [This is the key!] Precisely adhering to the amount of Japanese yam significantly impacts the final result.
  9. Measure and add 20g of the batter mixture you prepared to the bowl. [This is the key!] Accurately measuring the amount of batter mixture is crucial.
  10. Crack 1 egg into the bowl.
  11. Add 20g of tenkasu and mix all the ingredients together.
  12. While mixing the ingredients, heat a frying pan over medium heat and heat the oil to 170 degrees Celsius.
  13. Pour the mixed batter onto the heated frying pan, shaping it into a round form. At this stage, do not press down firmly from above.
  14. Place 1 slice of pork belly on top of the batter.
  15. Cover with a lid and grill at 170 degrees Celsius for 5 minutes.
  16. Once browned, flip it over, cover with a lid, and grill the other side at 170 degrees Celsius for 5 minutes.
  17. Flip it over one more time and generously drizzle with Otafuku Sauce (Okonomiyaki Sauce).
  18. Drizzle with mayonnaise, and sprinkle with an appropriate amount of bonito flakes and aonori.

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