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Okonomiyaki Recipe Without Okonomiyaki Flour

Okonomiyaki is a Japanese pancake stuffed with cabbage and other tasty ingredients like pork, shrimp, or corn and a batter made with flour, eggs, and stock flavored water (typically dashi). This is one of Japan's favorite street foods and this recipe doesn't require okonomiyaki flour.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword Okonomiyaki
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 4 pancakes
Author Joost Nusselder
Cost $10-15

Ingredients

For batter & frying

  • 4 bacon slices cut into thin strips
  • 2/3 cup all purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 tbsp fine cut bonito topping
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp dashi powder
  • 1/4 napa cabbage
  • 1/2 cup canned sweet corn
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil

For toppings

  • 2 tbsp kewpie mayonnaise
  • 3 tbsp okonomiyaki sauce
  • 1 tbsp bonito flakes
  • 1 tbsp aonori seaweed flakes
  • 2 tsp Japanese 7 spice for garnish

Instructions

  • Prepare the bacon by frying it until it is completely done and crispy. The bacon, while cooking, will produce its own oil, so there's no need to add any.
  • In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs and dashi powder dissolved in the warm water to produce the batter.
  • Add the cornstarch and all-purpose flour to a separate, large mixing bowl, and then whisk together the egg and dashi stock until it is smooth, mix and stir together.
  • The batter mixture should then include the chopped corn, fried bacon, half of the spring onion, and the chopped cabbage.
  • Heat a large frying pan on medium heat. Heat the vegetable oil after adding it. Scoop the batter onto the pan, aiming for a 10 cm (4 inch) broad circle. Cook each pancake for a few minutes on each side, or until they are just beginning to brown. This takes about 2-4 minutes per side.
  • Flip the pancake to cook the other side and then transfer it onto a plate.
  • Place your just-cooked pancakes on serving plates, then sprinkle kewpie mayonnaise and okonomiyaki sauce over top. Add some dried seaweed flakes, bonito flakes, and a few slices of green onion and Japanese 7 spice.

Notes

You can find fine cut bonito topping on Amazon. It's a type of bonito flakes but it's not as chunky. 
The dashi powder (soup stock) has to be dissolved in a small amount of hot water.
You can use regular mayo but Japanese Kewpie mayonnaise has a unique flavor. 
Bottled okonomiyaki sauce tastes great and gives a pleasant savory flavor.
Aonori (seaweed flakes) and bonito flakes are available to order online and they can be incorporated into the batter directly and added as toppings too!
Japanese 7 spice seasoning, also called Shichimi Togarashi gives your okonomiyaki an extra flavor boost.