Recipe: Perfect Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki with Crispy Noodles

Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki with Crispy Noodles. Unlike the more mainstream version of okonomiyaki, where the batter is mixed with the cabbage and other ingredients, each ingredient in Hiroshima okonomiyaki is stacked on top of each other and covered with a layer of yakisoba noodles, egg, tasty sauces, and toppings. Enjoy this recipe as a main meal. This is Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki that's easy to make at home, the way my family likes it.

Add some squid or shrimp to taste. Hiroshima-style Okonomiyaki is a Japanese savory pancake with cabbage, bean sprout, noodles, sliced pork belly and a fried egg, topped with savory sauce and Japanese mayo. Watch the video tutorial for step-by-step instructions! You can have Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki with Crispy Noodles using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki with Crispy Noodles

1. It's of Additions to the batter:.
2. Prepare 50 grams of Thinly sliced pork belly.
3. It's 1 of packet Yakisoba noodles.
4. It's 1/4 of Cabbage.
5. It's 1 stalk of Japanese leek (or green onion).
6. You need 2 of Eggs.
7. It's of For the batter:.
8. It's 5 cm of long piece ☆ Nagaimo.
9. It's 1 of ☆ Egg.
10. Prepare 100 grams of ☆ Plain white flour.
11. Prepare 150 grams of ☆ Water.
12. It's 1 tsp of ☆ Dashi stock (bonito based).
13. It's 1 of Sesame seed oil.
14. Prepare of Sauces, toppings, etc.:.
15. Prepare 1 of Okonomiyaki sauce.
16. You need 1 of Bonito flakes.
17. Prepare 1 of Red pickled ginger.
18. Prepare 1 of Mayonnaise.

Have you tried the Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き) before? Hiroshima okonomiyaki includes vegetables, egg, meat, and is commonly served with a layer of noodles as well. The noodle choices are soba, which refers to yakisoba or chuka style noodles, but not to be mistaken with buckwheat soba noodles which are not used in this dish. The other choice is udon noodles which are thick, white wheat noodles.

Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki with Crispy Noodles instructions

1. Chop up the cabbage and green onion or leek. Cut the pork belly slices in half..
2. Great the nagaimo, and mix together with the chopped vegetables from Step 1 and the ☆ ingredients..
3. Heat sesame oil in a frying pan and spread out the pork belly slices and yakisoba noodles (1/2 pack worth)..
4. Pour in half of the batter. Break an egg into the middle, put on a lid and steam cook..
5. When the batter has started to firm up, turn it over to cook the other side (make another pancake in the same way)..
6. Transfer to serving plates and enjoy with okonomiyaki sauce bonito flakes and other garnishes..

A popular Japanese meal, okonomi means "what you like", and yaki means "grilled"; in other words, add what you like to make it uniquely yours! Hiroshima Style involves the addition of yakisoba noodles, and is prepared in layers, as opposed to Osaka style, which is prepared by combining the batter with the vegetables and omits the noodles. This Hiroshima style okonomiyaki is special to me because it reminds me of one of my trips to Japan. For this variation, we're using yakisoba noodles and adding in a sunny side up egg. It's best served hot off the stove and topped with Kewpie Mayonnaise, Okonomiyaki sauce and of course - aonori, katsuobushi, and shichimi pepper.