Friday, July 1, 2011

Okonomiyaki-style savoury Pancake


Ingredients
100g chicken fillet (cut into small pieces)
1/4 cabbage (about 1 cup, shredded)
1 small carrot (shredded)
1 onion (chopped finely)
5 button mushrooms ( cut into thin slices)
2 stalks spring onion (chopped finely)
1 shallot ( cut into slices)
1 tbsp light soya sauce
dash of pepper
pinch of salt
some oil

Batter
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup water
1 egg

Sauce ( substitute for okonomi sauce)
1 tbsp Worcestershire shine
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1 tbsp chili sauce (optional)

Preparation
1. Marinate chicken with 1 tbsp cornflour and 1 tbsp light soya sauce. Heat oil in pan and stir fry shallot until fragrant. Add in onion and chicken fillet. Stir fry until chicken is cooked. Set aside to cool.

2. Beat the egg. Add water and egg to the flour and whisk to form a thick batter. Make sure the thick batter is free from lumps.

3. Put all the ingredients (leave half of the spring onion for garnishing) into the batter. Blend well.








4. Heat up some oil in a non-stick pan. Swirl to make sure the base of the pan is fully greased. Use kitchen tissue twipe away excess oil.
5. Scoop some batter onto the pan. Use a spatula to press and smoothen the batter into a flat pancake.




6.Cook over medium flame for 5 minutes until the base of pancake turns golden and hardens slightly.Turn over to cook the other side of the pancake for another 5 minutes or until it's cooked. Both surfaces should be a bit golden and crispy.





7. Transfer to a serving plate. Brush sauce on pancake. Garnish with spring onion to serve.












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