Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, takoyaki. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. 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 favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Takoyaki is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook takoyaki using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Takoyaki:
- Prepare 1 cup Plain Flour
- Make ready 1 & 1/2 cups Dashi Stock *Or Water 1 & 1/2 cups and Dashi Powder 1/4 teaspoon
- Get 1 Egg
- Get 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
- Make ready 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>
- Take Pickled Ginger
- Get Takoyaki Sauce OR Okonomiyaki Sauce OR Tonkatsu Sauce
- Get Japanese Mayonnaise
- Take Aonori (Dried Green Seaweed)
- Take Katsuobushi
Tako-yaki literally translates to "octopus-grilled/fried" and some people may call it "Octopus Balls" or "Octopus Dumplings". Takoyaki is an all-time favorite Japanese snack; chunks of octopus encased in balls of batter, cooked until golden brown, and slathered in Worcestershire sauce and mayonnaise. Takoyaki oil brush - This special brush perfectly fits the holes of the takoyaki pan in order to grease and distribute the oil evenly in each hole. They are shaped like little round balls.
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.
This savory snack is a popular street food and is widely available at street vendors, supermarkets, and food courts in Japan. Why We Love This Takoyaki Recipe. These crispy golden takoyaki balls of deliciousness taste amazing when prepared with traditional ingredients and toppings. But they're also super easy to tweak to your preferences. If you don't like octopus, you can substitute with your favourite proteins, or experiment with sweet ingredients for something completely different! 'Takoyaki', a ball-shaped savoury snack, is one of the dishes that most foreign tourists try to eat in Japan.
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