Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, takoyaki. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Takoyaki (たこ焼き or 蛸焼) or "octopus balls" is a ball-shaped Japanese snack or appetizer made of a wheat flour-based batter and cooked in a special molded pan. It is typically filled with minced or diced octopus (tako), tempura scraps (), pickled ginger (beni shoga), and green onion (negi). The balls are brushed with takoyaki sauce (similar to Worcestershire sauce) and mayonnaise, and.
Takoyaki is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Takoyaki is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook takoyaki using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Takoyaki:
- Get 1 cup Plain Flour
- Take 1 & 1/2 cups Dashi Stock *Or Water 1 & 1/2 cups and Dashi Powder 1/4 teaspoon
- Prepare 1 Egg
- Prepare 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
- Get Cooked Octopus *OR Prawns, Squid, Ham, Bacon, Cheese, Corn, etc
- Make ready 1/2 cup Spring Onion OR Cabbage *finely chopped
- Get Red Or Pink Pickled Ginger *optional
- Get <Toppings>
- Make ready Pickled Ginger
- Take Takoyaki Sauce OR Okonomiyaki Sauce OR Tonkatsu Sauce
- Prepare Japanese Mayonnaise
- Make ready Aonori (Dried Green Seaweed)
- Make ready Katsuobushi
In most parts of Japan, people don. Takoyaki, which literally translates to grilled octopus, are round shaped balls made with a mixture of whole wheat batter, eggs, soy sauce, and dashi, stuffed with chopped octopus, scallions, and benishouga (pickled red ginger). The batter is poured in a special takoyaki pan which comes with rounded molds to create the iconic takoyaki ball shape. To make 'Takoyaki', you need a 'Takoyaki' pan.
Instructions to make Takoyaki:
- Cut the cooked Octopus into bite size pieces. Octopus is hard to find for me, so I often use cooked Prawns or Squid.
- Place Plain Flour, Dashi Stock, Egg and Soy Sauce in a mixing bowl and mix well. If you have a measuring cup or jag with a handle, pour the batter in them first so that it’s easier to pour the batter onto the pan.
- Heat the pan over high heat. When the pan is hot, use a brush to oil the pan, quite generously, and lower the heat to medium to low.
- Pour the batter to fill the bowls of the pan. Add 1-2 Octopus pieces in each hole and sprinkle on the Spring Onion and Pickled Ginger. Pour a little bit more batter over.
- When the bottom of the balls is hardened enough, turn each piece over. The batter flows out from the inside of each bowl and creates the other side of the ball. Flip the ball occasionally to cook evenly.
- When outside is golden, transfer onto a plate and pour Takoyaki Sauce, and other toppings. Serve immediately.
- *Note: You don't have either Takoyaki Sauce, Okonomiyaki Sauce OR Tonkatsu Sauce? Don't give up. Create your own sauce by adding Soy Sauce, Ketchup and/or Oyster Sauce to BBQ sauce.
Do not give up if you don't have one. I heard that Cake Pop Maker or Mini Pancake Pan are just fine for making 'Takoyaki'. The takoyaki pan has grooves running up and down and laterally between the takoyaki chambers, so after pouring the batter, just trace using a bamboo stick or takoyaki poker to divide the batter, just jam it in that notch and trace. And no doubting yourself whether or not one takoyaki had more batter than the one next to it. Find the best Takoyaki near you on Yelp - see all Takoyaki open now and reserve an open table.
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