Okonomiyaki - Hiroshima Style Recipe

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Okonomiyaki - Hiroshima Style
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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups plain flour
  • 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water (can substitute all or part of this with dashi or seaweed stock for more flavour)
  • 1/2 head cabbage, shredded (about 2 cups)
  • 4 (200 g) packets noodles ( yakisoba or hokkien)
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1 tsp worcestershire sauce (optional)

Directions:

  1. Cook the noodles and put aside (usually just have to drop them in boiling water for one minute).
  2. Mix flour and water/stock in a bowl 'til smooth.
  3. For one okonomiyaki pancake, heat the hotplate well and spread a ladle of the batter into a thin circle, brown on one side (only takes a minute or two) turn, and move it to side.
  4. Put two rashers of bacon side by side, cook a few minutes and then turn over. (Have them running across the hotplate rather than up and down as it makes it easier for lifting later).
  5. Put a handful of shredded cabbage on top of bacon rashers, followed by a handful of bean sprouts.
  6. Put pancake on top of sprouts/cabbage and press down firmly with the spatula.
  7. Drop one serve of noodles onto a different part of the hotplate, shape into a circle (about the same size as the pancake) and flatten a little with spatula. Cook for a few minutes.
  8. Slide a spatula (or two) under the bacon /cabbage /sprout pancake and carefully lift on top of the noodles. (Pretty easy as the two slices of bacon form a solid base.) Tuck any stray bits and pieces back under.
  9. Break one egg in a cup, add a little water, mix with a fork and then pour onto the hotplate and fry it. Try to keep it in a circle.
  10. Slide a spatula (or two) under the noodles and carefully lift the whole lot on top of the egg. (Pretty easy as the noodles should have crisped a little to form a solid base.) Again, tuck any stray bits and pieces back under. (So far so good, and no flipping required yet!).
  11. Time to put it on a plate, egg side up. Either flip it over with a spatula or two or do it my sneaky way - slide spatula(s) under the egg and lift the whole lot onto a plate, without flipping. Put a second plate upside down over the whole lot, hold them together tightly and then just turn the two plates over quickly so that the okonomiyaki is sitting egg side up on the second plate. Easy.
  12. Combine the barbecue sauce, mayonnaise and Worcestershire sauce together and spread thinly over the egg, or adopt the Osaka style of squeezing the mayonnaise and barbecue sauce out of squeeze bottles in a criss-cross pattern across the egg. Garnish with some chopped spring onions if you like.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 573.34 Kcal (2400 kJ)
Calories from fat 238.45 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 26.49g 41%
Cholesterol 170.32mg 57%
Sodium 1599.86mg 67%
Potassium 379.33mg 8%
Total Carbs 70.27g 23%
Sugars 9.6g 38%
Dietary Fiber 8.71g 35%
Protein 15.49g 31%
Vitamin C 21.4mg 36%
Iron 5.3mg 30%
Calcium 221.3mg 22%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 217.64 Kcal (911 kJ)
Calories from fat 90.51 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.06g 41%
Cholesterol 64.65mg 57%
Sodium 607.29mg 67%
Potassium 143.99mg 8%
Total Carbs 26.68g 23%
Sugars 3.64g 38%
Dietary Fiber 3.31g 35%
Protein 5.88g 31%
Vitamin C 8.1mg 36%
Iron 2mg 30%
Calcium 84mg 22%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 12.9
    Points
  • 15
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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