chicken okonomiyaki happiness ♥ (aka Japanese Pancakes)

Who here loves okonomiyaki?

For those who are staring blankly at their screen – it's a Japanese pancake J

I must admit I absolutely ♥ okonomiyaki, particularly seafood okonomiyaki. I thought I'd make my own, but since the mister at home doesn't really do seafood I'd try a chicken version. After searching online for a recepie and also looking at the one at the back of my okonomi sauce bottle, I saw there were just soooooo many different ways of creating this dish.

Here's my take on chicken okonomiyaki J

(serves 4)

Ingredients:

Pancake mixture:

1 ½ cups self raising flour

1 sachet dashi

1 cup water

6 leaves Chinese cabbage – shredded

 2 shallots – finely chopped

½ BBQ chicken – shredded

To serve:

Okonomi sauce

Japanese mayonnaise

Bonito flakes

 Method:

1)      Dissolve the dashi in the water

2)      Sift the flour into a mixing bowl

3)      Add dashi, water and eggs to flour – mix well to form a smooth batter

4)      Add cabbage, shallots and chicken – mix well

5)      Spoon approx 2 ladles of mixture onto a frypan

6)      Fry over a low heat until bottom of pancake browns

7)      Carefully flip over and cook until both sides are brown

8)      Serve with a line of Japanese mayonnaise and okonomi sauce squirted on top and bonito flakes

9)      Enjoy! J

If you're wondering what on earth, dashi, okonomi sauce, Japanese mayonnaise or bonito flakes look like? Here's what they look like. You can find them at specialty Japanese grocery stores such as Tokyo Mart  (Northbridge Palza - http://www.northbridgeplaza.com.au/) or the Japanese foods section of large Asian grocery stores and some supermarkets.

Dashi

Okonomi Sauce

Japanese Mayonnaise 

Bonito Flakes