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Okonomiyaki

Prep Time30 mins
Cook Time15 mins
AuthorMelissa Lee

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1/4 cup Rice Flour
  • 1/2 tea spoon. Sugar
  • 1/4 t. Kosher Salt
  • 1/4 t. Baking Powder
  • 1/4 cup. Beer with 1 Table spoon Hondashi water dissolved in it
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/4 lb. chopped Green Cabbage
  • 1/8 cup Scallions sliced thin
  • 1/2 t. each finely minced Garlic and Ginger
  • 1/4 lb. Pork Belly sliced thin

Topping choices:

  • Tonkatsu Sauce
  • Kewpie Mayonnaise
  • Katsuobushi bonito flakes

Instructions

  • Whisk together the first 5 ingredients in a bowl.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs and Hondashi water, then add to the flour. DO NOT OVERMIX. THIS IS LIKE PANCAKE BATTER.
  • Add the cabbage, scallions, garlic, and ginger to the batter and mix with your hands to ensure no overmixing.
  • Heat a nonstick pan over medium heat and add pork belly to it. Render out fat and cook until crispy, add in half of the batter, and cook for 3 minutes on medium heat until a nice browning has occurred on the bottom side. Then flip over and repeat the process on the opposite side.
  • Once the pancake is cooked all the way through and crispy on both sides, remove it from the pan and put it on a platter.
  • Crisscross drizzle of kewpie and tonkatsu sauce and then sprinkle on katsuobushi.

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