Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki
Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, hiroshima-style okonomiyaki. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

At that time, the country was quite poor and people only used a little bit of flour and vegetables to make Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki. The current Hiroshima Okonomiyaki with meat, egg, and noodles is a version that has evolved throughout the years. Momijiya is a popular spot for Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki in Tokyo.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hiroshima-style okonomiyaki using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki:
  1. Prepare <Crepe>
  2. Get 50 g Plain Flour *about 1/3 cup
  3. Take 100 ml Water
  4. Make ready Oil for cooking
  5. Prepare *You must save 2 tablespoons batter
  6. Prepare <Toppings>
  7. Take 1 tablespoon Katsuobushi (Bonito Flakes) *optional, crumbled
  8. Get 2 handfuls thinly sliced Cabbage
  9. Make ready 1 handful Bean Sprouts
  10. Take 2 tablespoons ‘Tenkasu’ *also called ‘Agedama’
  11. Take *Note: ‘Tenkasu’ is Deep-fried Tempura Batter Chips and it can be impossible to find for many of us. The best substitutes are ‘Fried Shallots’, ‘Shrimp Crackers’ or Indian ‘Boondi’
  12. Get 50 g thinly sliced Pork
  13. Make ready 1 serving (100g) Yakisoba Noodles OR Stir-fry Noodles
  14. Get Salt & Finely Ground Pepper
  15. Prepare 1 Egg
  16. Get Okonomiyaki Sauce
  17. Get 1 Spring Onion *finely chopped
  18. Make ready Aonori (Finely Shredded Green Seaweed) *optional
  19. Take Benishoga (Red Pickled Ginger) OR Pink Pickled Ginger *optional

In the Tokyo area, a variation of okonomiyaki is known. Okonomiyaki, Hiroshima Style Recipe : Okonomiyaki is Japanese comfort food also known as the Japanese pancake or the Japanese pizza where the base is made with vegetables and it is commonly topped with a sweet Worcestershire like sauce along with mayonnaise. This is the Hiroshima version of the okonomiyaki is made in a layered fashion. The Hot plate is particularly useful for making Hiroshima style Okonomiyaki.

Instructions to make Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki:
  1. Make the crepe batter by mixing Flour and Water, and set aside. Prepare the vegetables.
  2. Heat a large frying pan over high heat, apply a small amount of Oil, and reduce the heat to medium low. *Note: If you use a not-stick frying pan, simply heat over medium low heat and apply a small amount of Oil.
  3. Spread the batter to create a crepe about 18cm in diameter. (The larger the crepe is, the harder to flip over.) *You must save 2 tablespoons batter.
  4. Sprinkle with the crumbled Katsuobushi (Bonito Flakes) (*optional). Place thinly sliced Cabbage, Bean Sprouts and ‘Tenkasu’ (OR the substitute), drizzle the saved batter over, and cover with Pork slices. Sprinkle with Salt & Pepper.
  5. When the crepe is nicely browned, carefully flip the whole thing over using 2 turners so that the Pork slices are now touching the frying pan. FIGHT against the temptation that you want to press it down, and let it cook slowly for 4 to 5 minutes. (Slow steam-cooking makes the Cabbage sweet.) Then you may press it down.
  6. *Tips: Some vegetable pieces would fly off all over the frying pan when you flip it over. Just gather them back to the pancake.
  7. Meanwhile, cook Yakisoba Noodles in another frying pan, with a small amount of Oil. Season with Salt & Pepper, OR/AND Okonomiyaki Sauce. Carefully transfer the whole pancake, as Pork slices are facing down, onto the Noodles.
  8. Crack an Egg onto the emptied frying pan and spread it out into the same size as the crepe. Carefully transfer the whole pancake with the Noodles onto the Egg. Cook for another 1 minute until the Egg is cooked.
  9. Flip over the completed Okonomiyaki, and transfer to the serving plate.
  10. Spread a generous amount of Okonomiyaki Sauce on the top, sprinkle with Aonori (*optional) and finely chopped Spring Onion, and enjoy with Pickled Ginger (*optional). Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki is traditionally served WITHOUT mayonnaise.

This is because you need to cook the Okonomiyaki batter, and quickly pile up ingredient after ingredient. At same time, the noodles need to be cooked. And while the Noodles and other ingredients are being steam cooked, the egg needs to be cooked beside. Hiroshima-style Okonomiyaki Trying Hiroshima's "soul food" is a must. Okonomiyaki (Photo: GetHiroshima) You haven't done Hiroshima if you haven't done Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki!

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