‘Ikayaki’ Squid Okonomiyaki
‘Ikayaki’ Squid Okonomiyaki

Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, ‘ikayaki’ squid okonomiyaki. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This dish is called 'Ikayaki' in Japanese. It's a Squid version of 'Takoyaki', that is ball-shaped Japanese savoury cake and commonly filled with cooked Octopus. It's a pancake and rather looks like 'Okonomiyaki'.

‘Ikayaki’ Squid Okonomiyaki is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. ‘Ikayaki’ Squid Okonomiyaki is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have ‘ikayaki’ squid okonomiyaki using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make ‘Ikayaki’ Squid Okonomiyaki:
  1. Prepare 1 Squid Tube *about 150g Squid
  2. Make ready 2 Eggs
  3. Get 1 tablespoon Oil
  4. Make ready ‘Okonomiyaki’ Sauce
  5. Get Japanese Mayonnaise
  6. Get <Batter>
  7. Make ready 1 & 1/4 cups Water
  8. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Dashi Powder *Bonito (Katsuobushi) Type recommended
  9. Make ready 1 cup Plain Flour
  10. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  11. Get 2-3 Spring Onions *finely chopped, save some for topping

It's a pancake and rather looks like. "squid pancake" Ikayaki is regional specialty in Osaka. It's prepared like folded crapes and made with chopped squid in a dough and topped with Okonomi sauce (similar to worcestershire sauce). It's a Squid version of 'Takoyaki', that is ball-shaped Japanese savoury cake and commonly filled with cooked Octopus. It's a pancake and rather looks like 'Okonomiyaki'.

Steps to make ‘Ikayaki’ Squid Okonomiyaki:
  1. You can use any parts of Squid. I usually use 1 Squid Tube. Slice or cut into the size that is easy to eat.
  2. Combine all the Batter ingredients in a bowl. Add squid and mix well. You can make 1 large pancake OR 2 pancakes.
  3. Heat Oil in a frying pan over medium heat, pour the batter and form a large pancake. Make a hole (OR 2 holes) in the pancake and place Egg(s) in the hole(s).
  4. When the edges are cook and the bottom is nicely browned, flip the pancake over. As the Egg is not yet cooked at this stage, it’s the easiest to use a large plate. Slide the pancake to the plate, carefully cover it with the hot frying pan, then flip over.
  5. Cook until both sides are nicely browned and Squid pieces are cooked. Transfer onto a serving plate and drizzle some ‘Okonomiyaki’ Sauce and Japanese Mayonnaise over, sprinkle with some chopped Spring Onion, and enjoy it hot.

Ikayaki (Japanese squid pancake) is also well-known like okonomiyaki and takoyaki. Ikayaki is made from wheat flour, water and cut squid and flavored with sweet and salty sauce. Ikayaki is really thin pancake because it is pressed on the iron plate while cooking. Since any kind of grilled squid is, technically speaking, classed as ikayaki, then this is a dish you will see presented in many different ways. It's a Squid version of 'Takoyaki', that is ball-shaped Japanese savoury cake and commonly filled with cooked Octopus.

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