Okonomiyaki

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The ample cabbage pancakes known arsenic okonomiyaki are often referred to arsenic "Japanese pizza." As the sanction -- virtually "as you similar it, grilled" -- implies, they are versatile. You tin embellish the batter with immoderate you want, specified arsenic seafood, sausage, chickenhearted oregon different vegetables. Okonomiyaki tin beryllium eaten astatine immoderate clip of day; marque them with bacon and apical them with fried eggs for breakfast.

Usually drizzled connected apical of okonomiyaki are okonomi condiment oregon tonkatsu condiment (think Worcestershire sauce, soy condiment and ketchup mixed together) and Kewpie marque mayonnaise, which is somewhat saccharine due to the fact that it's made with seasoned atom vinegar. (Think Miracle Whip.) Feel escaped to beryllium originative with the sauces. An optional look for wasabi mayonnaise, large connected seafood dishes, is included; spot NOTES. Using compression bottles volition let you to marque cross-hatch patterns with those garnishes.

Other okonomiyaki garnishes see chopped scallions, bonito flakes (for seafood dishes) and aonori (seaweed flakes, utilized arsenic you would chopped parsley). Nori fumi furikake, a blend of sesame seeds, seaweed, sweetener and brackish utilized for flavoring sushi rice, besides makes a delicious garnish. See the VARIATIONS below.

Crunchy bits of tempura batter (tenkasu) are added to the cabbage batter for texture. You tin bargain them successful packets astatine a Japanese marketplace (they lucifer Rice Krispies), but making your ain yields a amended result, adjacent though it means other enactment and mess.

Using achromatic cabbage coleslaw mix, adjacent 1 mixed with carrots and reddish cabbage, is simply a immense clip saver.

Instant dashi whitethorn beryllium substituted for the dashi broth successful this recipe. Follow the directions connected the packets if utilizing them, oregon dissolve instant dashi, specified arsenic Hondashi brand, successful boiling h2o astatine a ratio of 1 spoon of granules per cupful of water.

All of the aforementioned ingredients, sometimes including okonomiyaki kits, are disposable astatine Hana Japanese Market successful the District and astatine Super H Mart and H Mart stores successful Virginia and Maryland.

The batter tin beryllium made and refrigerated a time successful advance. It's champion to assemble the cabbage substance and the pancakes conscionable earlier serving. The optional wasabi mayonnaise needs to beryllium refrigerated for astatine slightest 4 hours earlier serving.

From nutrient writer and erstwhile cook David Hagedorn. Cabbage batter adapted from a look by cook Alison Swope of Teaism successful Alexandria.

Ingredients

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Servings: 4 Based connected 10-inch pancakes

1 cupful positive 2 tablepoons flour
1/4 spoon good salt, positive much arsenic needed
1 cupful homemade oregon store-bought vegetarian dashi (see related recipe)
1 ample egg, beaten
24 ounces (8 cups) shredded cabbage oregon coleslaw mix
2 cups tempura bits (see related recipe)
2 cups chopped scallions, achromatic and light-green parts, positive much for garnish
4 teaspoons canola oil
8 tablespoons okonomi condiment oregon tonkatsu sauce, for garnish (see headnote)
8 teaspoons wasabi mayonnaise, kewpie marque mayonnaise oregon kewpie-style mayonnaise, for garnish (see NOTES)
Aonori (seaweed flakes) oregon nori fumi furikake (rice seasoning blend), for garnish (see headnote)