How To Make Traditional Okonomiyaki Easily At Home
Okonomiyaki are the Japanese Street Food Pancakes of your dreams. No not the fluffy pancakes that you've seen float around the internet, these are better. This is a real deal (kind of authentic) okonomiyaki that in my opinion is the best way to serve it. It's simple, easy to make, and it's delicious. That's how I like mine.
Joshua Weissman•
Aug 26, 2025
Ingredients (18)
Okonomiyaki Batter
Homemade Okonomiyaki Sauce
Toppings
Directions
Batter
Mix flour (1 cup), baking powder (¼ tsp), salt (½ tsp), whole eggs (4 whole) and dashi (½ cup). Lumps are ok.
Season your green cabbage (½ large), with salt (½ tsp), and squeeze the water out of it.
Poach your shrimp (¼ lb) in a bit of dashi (½ cup). Cool off and cut into small pieces
Toss cabbage (½ large), shrimp (¼ lb), pickled ginger (2 Tbsp), agedama (½ cup) and onion whites (1 bunch) in batter.
To cook the pancake, start a nonstick pan with a cooking spray on medium heat.
Add thin strips of pork belly.
Flip pancake and brush with sauce.
Flip pancake again and brush the other side with sauce.
Once pancake is done, finish with one last drizzle of sauce, finish with bonito flakes, kewpie mayonnaise, sliced green onions and nori.
Okonomiyaki Sauce
Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Store and use as needed.
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