Okonomiyaki (Savory Cabbage Pancake)

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 2 servings

Ingredients

 1 cup all purpose flour

 1 cup Dashi (fish broth)
 1 egg
 3-4 Tbsp Nagaimo (long yam), grated
 1/4 tsp salt
 1/4 tsp soy sauce
 1/4 cabbage (about 12oz), chopped fine
 3-4 green onions, chopped fine
 2-3 Tbsp pickled red ginger (Benishouga, not sushi ginger), chopped fine
 1 Tbsp oil
 6 pieces thinly sliced pork belly
 Okonomiyaki sauce or Tonkatsu sauce
 mayonnaise
 dried bonito flakes
 dried green seaweed (Aonori)
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Instructions

1. In a big bowl, whisk flour and Dashi (fish broth) together until smooth. Stir egg and yam to flour mixture. Season it
with salt and soy sauce.
2. Add cabbage, onions, and ginger to the batter and mix.
3. Heat oil in a skillet, pour half of the pancake batter into an 8" circle, and lay 3 pieces of pork slices on it. Fry at medium
heat until the bottom becomes golden brown, about 5-7 minutes.
4. Flip to fry the other side until the pork becomes crispy, about 5-7 minutes.
5. Flip one more time, pork side up, and spread Okonomiyaki sauce and mayo on the pancake.
6. Sprinkle dried green seaweed, then dried bonito flakes over the pancake. Serve hot.