【英語レシピ】なおこ先生の日本料理⑤「お好み焼き」| Japanese Recipe No.5 : Okonomiyaki

SERVES: 2-3  TOTAL TIME : 30 MINS

Today’s recipe is okonomiyaki, savory Japanese pancake. The popular casual dish is perfect for using up the leftovers in the fridge. You can use sliced beef or chicken in stead of pork belly. Also you can add squid, prawn or shrimps, and any vegetables you like!

今回のレシピはお好み焼きです。 なんと具にアボカドが入るのですが、それが絶妙~! 山芋がないときはジャガイモで代用できるそう。海外で作るときは、この手が使えそうですね!

Ingredient

・ 4 sliced pork belly
・ 1/4 cabbage (300 g), chopped into 1 cm square
・ 1 small avocado, diced
・ 2 eggs (100 g)
・ 200 cc okonomiyaki flour or cake flour
・ 30 cc Japanese yam or potato, grated
・ 100 cc green onion, chopped
・ 1/3 tsp bonito granules
・ Tenkasu (crunchy bits of deep fried dough)  (preferable amount)
・ shred cheese (preferable amount)
・ dried green seaweed (aonori),  Okonomi-yaki sauce, mayonnaise, bonito flakes 

Tip. 1 A Japanese measuring cup is 200 cc. But, American one is 240 cc.

(単語) tsp (teaspoonの略)小さじ、pork belly 豚バラ、 Japanese yam 山芋、 green onion 小ネギ、bonito granule 顆粒の鰹だし、 shred cheese ビザ用の細かくしたチーズ

okonomiyaki flour
Okonomiyaki sauce

Step 1. Mix ingredients. / 材料を混ぜる

1. Dissolve bonito granules into 100 cc hot water (around 40℃)

2. In a large bowl, mix okonomiyaki flour (cake flour) and Japanese yam with the bonito soup.

Tip 2. It should be as sticky as ketchup

3. Just before pan-frying okonomiyaki, add cabbages, tenkasu, shred cheese, avocados, green onions to 2. and lastly  add eggs.

(単語) dissolve O into ~ Oを~に溶かす, lastly 最後に

Step 2.Pan-fry okonomiyaki. / お好み焼きを焼く

1. Heat oil in a frying pan. Pour or scoop the okonomiyaki dough on the pan and make a dent in the center. And pan-fry over a medium-low heat.

2. Place sliced pork belly on it, then cover and heat for a while. When the edge is brown and small bubbles are formed on the okonomiyaki, turn it over. And pan-fry the other side.

Tip 3. Don’t press with a spatula when frying the dough.

3. Dress with preferable amount of okonomiyaki sauce, mayonnaise, bonito flakes, and dried green seaweed ( in this order)

(単語) pan-fry 「フライパンで)焼く、scoop すくう、dough 生地、 make a dent in the center. 中央にくぼみをつくる、 over a medium-low heat. 弱火~中火で、 spatula へら

Naoko-sensei’s Sasebo Star Cooking Class

Schedule is TBA
Time: from 10 am to 1 pm
Menu: TBA
Fee: 2500 yen for one person
Place: Nishi-chiku Community Center (see the map below)
Contact and reservation : https://www.facebook.com/naoko.mori.921?epa=SEARCH_BOX

英語で学べる料理教室「させぼスタークッキングクラス」は 西地区公民館で開催中。 1月までのスケジュールは後ほどアップデートします。外国人と一緒に料理が学べますよ。

Naoko sensei’s Profile

Naoko Mori 森なおこ
‐Studied French cuisine under a former chief chef at Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo (ホテル椿山荘東京) for 3 years.
‐Acquired Japanese and herbal cuisine skills.
‐Cooking teacher for 10 years for Japanese and 7 years for Americans
‐Coordinating cooking classes for American cooking teachers

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