Brendan Pang shares how to make delicious Japanese street food favourite okonomiyaki

Brendan Pang shares how to make delicious Japanese street food favourite okonomiyaki

The TV personality and cookbook author, has recently release his new book “This Book is About Street Food”.

Okonomiyaki (Savoury Cabbage Pancakes)

Pancake

• 1 shallot, minced
• 1 cup water
• 3 eggs
• ¾ cup plain flour
• 1 ½ tsp salt
• 4 cups finely shredded cabbage
• 2 tsp grated ginger
• ¼ cup grapeseed oil
• 1 cup prawn tails, peeled and deveined, roughly chopped
• 100g thick-cut bacon, cut into 2.5cm pieces

Okonomiyaki Sauce

• ¼ cup ketchup
• ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 ½ tbsp caster sugar

To Garnish

• Okonomiyaki sauce (above)
• Kewpie mayonnaise
• Crumbled nori, to garnish
• Bonito flakes, to garnish
• Spring onion, sliced, to garnish

Method

For the okonomiyaki sauce heat the ingredients in a small saucepan until the sugar dissolves, stirring.

Put all the okonomiyaki ingredients except the bacon in a large bowl and mix well.

Heat a large pan over medium heat. Add half of the oil. When the oil shimmers, ladle about 1/4 of the batter into the skillet, shaping into a large, thick pancake. Layer several pieces of bacon on top.

Cook over medium-low until the pancake is browned and set on one side. This will take around 7 or 8 minutes. Flip, and cook on the other side. Repeat with the remaining batter.

Serve, second side up, with okonomiyaki sauce, a drizzle of mayo, the nori, bonito flakes and spring onion.