This is the most common Teppanyaki (food that is grilled on an iron griddle) food. Okonomiyaki restaurants are everywhere in Japan. Osaka and Hiroshima are both very famous for Okonomiyaki. Osaka okonomiyaki (referred to as Kansaiyaki) and Hiroshima okonomiyaki (Hiroshimayaki) are prepared much differently. I made the Kansai style this time!!
Yield: 2 servings
Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups okonomiyaki powder
- 1.25 cups water
- 1 beaten egg
- 0.4 lb sliced beef
- 3 cups sliced cabbage
- 1/2 cup chopped green onion
- 1/2 cup bonito (optional)
Spices
- 4 tsp okonomiyaki sauce
- 2 tsp Japanese mayonnaise, such as Kewpie
Preparation
- Mix okonomiyaki powder with water in a bowl until smooth
- Stir in egg, cabbage, green onion
- Heat oil in large frying pan then pour in the batter (like a big pancake), but leave some room around the edge to grill the beef (see picture).
- Add beef around the edge and cook cake and meat for 3 minutes
- Put the beef on top of the cake, flip the cake, and cook for another 3 minutes.
- Spread on okonomiyaki sauce and mayonnaise, then sprinkle on some bonito (if desired)
Modifications
- If you don’t have okonomiyaki sauce you can use oyster sauce, ketchup, soy sauce, and mayonnaise, 1 tsp each
- You may substitute beef with shrimp, pork, or squid
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has anyone tried to use pancake mix instead of all the dry ingrients?
I made okonomiyaki yesterday and it was great! I added soba noodles since I like Hiroshima style, but otherwise followed your great recipe. Thanks for sharing! Your site is my favorite!!
If you can’t find Okonomiyaki powder, look for Yam powder, as it’s the same thing. I know that Mitsuwa stores sell it, and you can find a lot of it on Amazon.com as well.
Moe – I make my okonomiyaki batter mix with 2 cups flour, 1 tbsp starch & then I add enough dashi stock (instead of water) until the batter is smooth. It’s a tasty alternative to the store bought mix because it still has those extra flavours in it!
I substituted okonomiyaki powder with:
2 cup flour
1 tbsp corn starch
1tsp baking soda
1 1/4 cup of dashi soup stock
I have absolutely craved this okonomiyaki since I left Kansai. Thank you for the recipe!
Hi there,
I’m currently a teppan yakki chef at this place in Nadi (Fiji) called Daikoku.
I seem to to be very interested in your big varieties of menu you have there. Makes me very hungry just looking at them all, makes me wonder how I can try this on the teppan table…..
Any substitute for okonomiyaki powder other than mention in 1st comment?
Ah, I’m sorry to hear that! Keep trying!! Okonomiyaki is the best!
It was pretty good. Except i think i had way too much water that the flour keeps flowing out, leaving some ingredients unattached.
Great recipe!
You could certainly try it this way, but the Japanese typically purchase the powder. At the root level, okonomiyaki powder is flour with starch to hold the cabbage together, but the store bought material contains a lot of extra flavoring (such as dried bonito and scallop extract) and a bit of sweetener.
I think Okonomiyaki powder is just flour with a tablespoon of corn starch and a teaspoon of baking soda.