🇯🇵 Japan recipe

Takoyaki

Crispy-on-the-outside, molten-on-the-inside spherical dumplings filled with tender chunks of octopus, a beloved Osaka street food. Cooked in a special cast-iron mold and finished with takoyaki sauce, Japanese mayo, bonito flakes, and aonori.

Prep15 mins
Cook15 mins
Serves4
Difficultymedium
Takoyaki, a Japan dish

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups dashi stock, cooled
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 200 g boiled octopus, cut into 1 cm cubes
  • 4 tbsp tenkasu (tempura scraps)
  • 3 tbsp pickled red ginger (beni shoga), finely chopped
  • 2 green onions, finely sliced
  • Vegetable oil for the pan
  • Takoyaki sauce (or substitute: Worcestershire sauce mixed with ketchup)
  • Japanese Kewpie mayonnaise
  • Katsuobushi (bonito flakes) for topping
  • Aonori (dried green seaweed flakes) for topping

Method

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Nutrition per serving

Calories
320
Protein
12 g
Carbs
38 g
Fat
12 g

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