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Monjayaki

Tokyo's gooey griddle pancake: a ring of chopped cabbage and seafood filled with thin dashi batter, eaten straight off the griddle.

Time
25min
Steps
5
Monjayaki, photographed from above

Ingredients

2 servings

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Allergens

Contains milk, wheat, soy, fish, crustacean shellfish and molluscs.

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    Nothing beyond a knife, a board and the usual pots and pans.

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    Method

    1. 1

      Whisk batter ingredients until thin.

    2. 2

      Stir-fry cabbage, tenkasu and seafood on a hot oiled griddle, chopping with spatulas, until the seafood is opaque.

    3. 3

      Form a ring and pour batter into the center.

    4. 4

      When it bubbles, mix everything together and spread thin.

    5. 5

      Sprinkle aonori and eat crispy bits straight off the griddle with small spatulas.

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