Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Pork | 100g cooked | 242 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Vegetable | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Broccoli | 1 cup chopped (156g) | 55 |
| Green Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Soup | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1¼ cups vegetable or chicken soup stock
- 4 – 6 eggs
- 1 – 1¼ lb cabbage
- 6 tbsps chopped green onion
- ⅔ cup tenkasu (tempura flakes)
- 12 – 18 strips of thinly sliced pork, beef or chicken
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Directions
Pour the soup stock in a bowl, and mix the flour into the soup stock.
Rest the batter for an hour in the refrigerator.
When you're ready to cook, chop the cabbage finely.
Take about ½ cup of the batter (to make one piece of okonimiyaki) in another bowl.
Mix a handful of the cabbage (about ¼ lb), some chopped green onion (about 1 tbsp), and tempura flakes (about 2 tbsps) in the batter.
Make a hole in the middle of the batter and add an egg in the hole, then stir it in.
Heat a flat pan or griddle on medium (and oil slightly if it isn't non-stick).
Pour the batter over the pan to make a round pancake-like shape.
Fry the meat or your choice of toppings on the side.
Cook both the meat and okonomiyaki for 5 – 7 minutes and place the meat on top of the okonomiyaki.
Flip the okonomiyaki and cook for 5 – 7 more minutes.
When the okonomiyaki is cooked on both sides and through the middle (so it isn't runny), add your toppings.
If you're using nori (the dried seaweed), you can get it as a sheet and cut out fun shapes to decorate the top with (you can even spell out a message), or grind it up into flakes and sprinkle it on top.
Okonomiyaki or tonkatsu sauce or mayo all make good toppings, but i prefer something more unconventional.
I like to use a jar of [http://www.alliedoldenglish.com/ahso.php ah-so sauce] mixed with a few tablespoons of spicy mustard to give it a nice rich color and a sweet/savory/spicy flavor.
If you can't find ah-so sauce in your area, Chinese barbecue sauce will work as well.
You could also sprinkle on some crunchy Chinese noodles, bacon bits, chopped scallions, bean sprouts, or whatever you think would taste good.