Waffle Okonomyaki Osaka style

KantanFood by Satoshi made it on YT. He is the second half of TabiEats and does mostly easy cooking videos.

I saw this in the morning and went grocery shopping afterwards. A pointed cabbage went in my shopping cart. All other ingredients were in stock at home.

When I made Okonomyaki in the past I either used a smaller pan or put the ingredients on my tepanyski plate. They cooked on one side, but then I had to flip them over.  That was the time when desaster often striked. The okonomyaki broke apart or stuck to the pan and later resembled a hot mess. It always tasted fine, but did not look good on any kind of photo.

The waffle maker is the solution for these problems. Just do not overfill it and give it enough time to do its work. Depending on your waffle iron cooking the waffle can take between 5 to 8 minutes.

I have a Belgium square deep waffle iron. It needs time to heat up and the waffles have a good size. It took me 7 minutes to cook the batter.

Ingredients for 3 waffles:

75 g flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 75 ml water

200 g shredded cabbage 

2 medium eggs, 1 tsp dashi powder

1 1/2 tbsp benishoga or red pickled ginger

2 tbsp dry pancake strips or tempura bits

Salt and pepper

100 g smoked bacon strips

AO Noori, Okonomyaki sauce, Kewpie Mayo

Mix everything except the bacon in a bowl. Preheat the waffle iron, brush it with a little oil.

Pour the batter in and top it with bacon strips. Close the waffle iron and cook. Take thrm out and sprinkle Ao Noori on top, glaze with Okonomyaki sauce and finish with Kewpie.