Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki

Name: How to cook Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Hiroko Liston

Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki

Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki is one of the most famous and popular Japanese foods among the tourists who visit Japan. It’s a crepe-based layered savoury pancake, and I have never cooked it at home until recently. Because I believed that it was too hard to cook without a large hotplate. Since I watched a BBC video about Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki, I have been desperate for it. So, I have created my own recipe using substitute ingredients. It is not hard if you have two frying pans.

Ingredient

Food ration :

1 serving

50 g

Plain Flour *about 1/3 cup

100 ml

Water

1 tablespoon

Katsuobushi (Bonito Flakes) *optional, crumbled

2 handfuls

thinly sliced Cabbage

1 handful

Bean Sprouts

2 tablespoons

‘Tenkasu’ *also called ‘Agedama’

50 g

thinly sliced Pork

serving (100g) Yakisoba Noodles OR Stir-fry Noodles

Egg

Spring Onion *finely chopped

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Make the crepe batter by mixing Flour and Water, and set aside. Prepare the vegetables.

* Step 2

Heat a large frying pan over high heat, apply a small amount of Oil, and reduce the heat to medium low. *Note: If you use a not-stick frying pan, simply heat over medium low heat and apply a small amount of Oil.

* Step 3

Spread the batter to create a crepe about 18cm in diameter. (The larger the crepe is, the harder to flip over.) *You must save 2 tablespoons batter.

* Step 4

Sprinkle with the crumbled Katsuobushi (Bonito Flakes) (*optional). Place thinly sliced Cabbage, Bean Sprouts and ‘Tenkasu’ (OR the substitute), drizzle the saved batter over, and cover with Pork slices. Sprinkle with Salt & Pepper.

* Step 5

When the crepe is nicely browned, carefully flip the whole thing over using 2 turners so that the Pork slices are now touching the frying pan. FIGHT against the temptation that you want to press it down, and let it cook slowly for 4 to 5 minutes. (Slow steam-cooking makes the Cabbage sweet.) Then you may press it down.

* Step 6

*Tips: Some vegetable pieces would fly off all over the frying pan when you flip it over. Just gather them back to the pancake.

* Step 7

Meanwhile, cook Yakisoba Noodles in another frying pan, with a small amount of Oil. Season with Salt & Pepper, OR/AND Okonomiyaki Sauce. Carefully transfer the whole pancake, as Pork slices are facing down, onto the Noodles.

* Step 8

Crack an Egg onto the emptied frying pan and spread it out into the same size as the crepe. Carefully transfer the whole pancake with the Noodles onto the Egg. Cook for another 1 minute until the Egg is cooked.

* Step 9

Flip over the completed Okonomiyaki, and transfer to the serving plate.

* Step 10

Spread a generous amount of Okonomiyaki Sauce on the top, sprinkle with Aonori (*optional) and finely chopped Spring Onion, and enjoy with Pickled Ginger (*optional). Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki is traditionally served WITHOUT mayonnaise.