My husband used to make these for us a while back but we forgot about them for a while. Do you ever do that? Forget completely about recipes or food you used to eat? Well, thankfully, my husband remembered these and he made these for dinner tonight. He lived in Japan for two years while he served a church mission in the 80s. It has been a while since he has been back, but he can still communicate a bit in the language and can cook some mean Japanese food.
These little savory pancakes are healthy and quick to assemble. You can use whatever veggies you have on hand, but I will just list the typical veggies in the recipe below.
To make four pancakes (we tripled this to get a dozen pancakes, each about 7” across):
1 c. all purpose flour
3/4 c. dashi stock (fish bouillon, essentially–available on Amazon or in Asian markets), room temperature
1/4 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
pinch of salt
Combine the pancake ingredients. Meanwhile, in separate bowls, assemble the veggies.
4 cups chopped cabbage (in 1/2” pieces)
1/2 an onion, chopped
1/2 a green pepper, chopped
1/2 c. grated carrot
One cooked chicken breast, thinly sliced
Heat up your griddle to 350 degrees
Stir the veggies into the batter and pour into four large pancakes on your griddle. Add the sliced chicken on top. Let cook on each side for 3-5 minutes, then turn, cooking that long again. Then turn them again for 1-2 minutes, and then again for the same amount of time.
To serve, squirt Bulldog sauce and Kewpie in a decorative pattern over the pancake. You can also sprinkle on sliced green onions.
Then, gobble up as fast as you can! My kids downed these like there was no tomorrow. Even our little visiting critics, ages 4 & 6, liked these veggie pancakes.
Enjoy!
Amy
September 25, 2011
Those look good. Ben made some a few weeks ago as well. Might have to try your recipe.
Damommachef
September 25, 2011
Cool! You will have to tell me how you guys make them!
Harmony
October 8, 2011
My mom still makes those, and I love them. I don’t think we’ve ever tried them with chicken. It sounds good.
Damommachef
October 8, 2011
I like how fast they are to put together. Especially good for Sunday after church.
Ben
November 2, 2011
I made them almost the same but went with soba noodles, shrimp, bacon, and homemade sauce since I didn’t have the okonomiyaki sauce on hand… turned okay all things considered.
Damommachef
November 7, 2011
So you put the soba noodles into the pancake? That sounds delicious. I can’t see how that would taste anything but delicious.