What is it?
Okonomiyaki is a savoury Japanese pancake. Okonomi means “as you like.” When you order it at a restaurant the raw vegetables are often brought to your table so you can cook it yourself.
Japanese bacon okonomiyaki
36
PREP TIME
10 min
Makes
4 Servings
* PLUS Cooking time: 30 minutes
John Cullen
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 eggs
- 397-g coleslaw mix , about 7 cups
- 2 green onions , chopped
- 5 slices bacon
FOR SAUCE:
- 3 tbsp ketchup
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Stir flour with baking powder, sugar and salt in a bowl. Whisk eggs with 2 tbsp water in a large bowl. Whisk in flour mixture until just combined, then stir in coleslaw and onions.
- Heat a large ovenproof frying pan over medium. Lay 5 bacon strips on the bottom of the pan and let cook just until crisp, 1 min. Flip bacon, then pour cabbage mixture overtop. Smooth to form a flat round. Cook 2 min, then transfer to oven.
- Bake in centre of oven until sides are golden and egg mixture is set, 30 to 35 min. Run a spatula around the edges to loosen. Flip onto a plate, bacon-side up. Cut into 4 wedges.
- Stir ketchup with Worcestershire and soy in a small bowl until combined. In another small bowl, stir mayo with lemon juice. Serve both sauces with pancake wedges.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 527,
- Protein
- 17 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 36 g,
- Fat
- 35 g,
- Sodium
- 988 mg.
FILED UNDER: Dinner Japanese stovetop world cuisine
