🇯🇵 Japanese

Takoyaki

Name: Takoyaki
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1/2 tsp Salt; 2 Eggs; 1.5 cups All-Purpose Flour; 3, minced Spring Onions; 2 tbsp Mayonnaise; for the pan Neutral Oil; 200 g, diced Octopus; 3 tbsp Tonkatsu Sauce; 2 cups Kombu Dashi

🇯🇵 Japanese

Crispy outside, custardy inside octopus balls from Osaka — brushed with sauce, mayo and spring onions.

Prep 20 min Cook 20 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Salt1/2 tsp
Eggs2
All-Purpose Flour1.5 cups
Spring Onions3, minced
Mayonnaise2 tbsp
Neutral Oilfor the pan
Octopus200 g, diced
Tonkatsu Sauce3 tbsp
Kombu Dashi2 cups

Optional extras

Ginger1 tsp minced optional

Instructions

1
Whisk flour, dashi and egg into a pourable batter; rest 10 minutes.
2
Heat and oil a takoyaki pan (or round muffin wells carefully).
3
Pour batter, add diced octopus, spring onion and a scrap of pickled ginger if you have it.
4
Turn with picks as bottoms set until round and golden all over.
5
Brush with tonkatsu sauce, drizzle mayo, top with spring onions and serve hot.

Chef's tip

Turn early and often — the custardy center needs the spheres to seal before they fully cook.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Homemade Takoyaki Recipe (Japanese Fried Octopus Balls) · on YouTube