DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Okonomiyaki
Also known as: お好み焼き, Japanese savory pancake
An Osaka-style savoury pancake of cabbage and batter topped with pork belly.
About Okonomiyaki
Okonomiyaki is a Japanese savoury pancake associated with Osaka. This Japan Konamon Association recipe combines cabbage, egg and tempura scraps with a flour, dashi and mountain-yam batter, topped with pork belly.
Dashi, pork and bonito flakes give it a savoury flavour, with pickled ginger, green onion and okonomiyaki sauce. Mayonnaise is optional.
The cabbage-filled pancake has golden-brown surfaces, finished with sauce and fine seaweed and bonito flakes.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Egg, Fish.
Product-dependent or unconfirmed: Soy, Wheat.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Okonomiyaki
MAFF Osaka pork-belly okonomiyaki.
- Cake flourBase · Batter
- Dashi stockLiquid · Batter
- Nagaimo (Japanese mountain yam)Binder · Batter
- SaltSeasoning · Batter
- CabbageFilling
- EggBinder
- Tenkasu (tempura scraps)Filling
- Green onionGarnish
- Pork bellyTopping
- Red pickled gingerFilling
- Vegetable oilCooking medium
- Okonomiyaki sauceTopping · Toppings
- Aonori (seaweed flakes)Garnish · Toppings
- Bonito flakesGarnish · Toppings
- MayonnaiseTopping · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Cake flour: Allergen mapping unresolved
- Dashi stock: Food-trigger link pending: anchovy; Food-trigger link pending: shiitake; Food-trigger link pending: bonito; Product/formula unresolved. Stock ingredients unspecified; do not assume bonito or a fixed formula.
- Nagaimo (Japanese mountain yam): Allergen mapping unresolved; Exact identity mapping pending. Mountain yam is a broader candidate; exact nagaimo identity mapping remains pending.
- Salt: Allergen mapping unresolved
- Cabbage: Food-trigger link pending: cabbage
- Egg: Egg
- Tenkasu (tempura scraps): Allergen mapping unresolved; Product/formula unresolved. Tempura batter/product formula unspecified.
- Green onion: Food-trigger link pending: onion
- Pork belly: Food trigger: pork
- Red pickled ginger: Allergen mapping unresolved; Exact identity mapping pending; Product/formula unresolved. Generic pickled-ginger candidate does not establish exact red pickle formula.
- Vegetable oil: Food-trigger link pending: corn; Food-trigger link pending: sunflower seed; Soy: brand-dependent, pending; Product/formula unresolved. Plant source/blend unspecified.
- Okonomiyaki sauce: Soy: brand-dependent, pending; Wheat: brand-dependent, pending; Product/formula unresolved. Brand/formula unspecified.
- Aonori (seaweed flakes): Allergen mapping unresolved
- Bonito flakes: Food trigger: bonito; Fish
- Mayonnaise (optional): Egg: brand-dependent, pending; Product/formula unresolved; optional. Brand/formula unspecified; explicitly optional in How to eat.
Recipe-specific unresolved details
- Dashi, tempura scraps, red pickled ginger, sauce and mayonnaise have unspecified formulas/brands.
- Nagaimo to broader mountain-yam record is a candidate only.
- Vegetable oil plant source/blend unspecified.
- Serving temperature is not explicit; leave unresolved.
Origins & food traditions
A specialty of Osaka and the Kansai region’s flour-based food culture.
Cuisines & regions
- Japanese
- Kansai CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- JapaneseCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.