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Salmon Okonomiyaki with Smoky Cucumber Salad
Put a fresh spin on Japan’s favourite savoury pancake with omega-3-rich, sustainably sourced salmon. Drizzle with a moreish homemade sauce, made from tamari and honey, and serve with a crunchy cucumber salad.
Prep in 10
High protein
7 plants
Serving size
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp tamari (Soya) (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar)
- 1 cucumber
- 4 spring onion
- 4 radish
- 3 egg (Eggs)
- 50g honey
- 1 sweetheart cabbage
- 4 salmon fillets (Fish)
- 8 tbsp buckwheat flour
- 2 tbsp sesame oil (Sesame)
- 2 tbsp furikake (Sesame) (Black Sesame (48%), White Sesame (43%), Salted Shiso Leaf: (Red Shiso, Sea Salt, Ume Plum seasoning (Ume plum, sea salt)).)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 594
Protein: 41g
Carbs: 26g
Fat: 35g
Salmon Okonomiyaki with Smoky Cucumber Salad
Put a fresh spin on Japan’s favourite savoury pancake with omega-3-rich, sustainably sourced salmon. Drizzle with a moreish homemade sauce, made from tamari and honey, and serve with a crunchy cucumber salad.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Preheat the oven to 230C / fan 210C / gas 8
- Pull out a lined baking tray, large mixing bowl, a medium frying pan, a medium mixing bowl & a spatula
Make the batter
- Place the salmon, skin side down, drizzle 1/2tbsp oil and bake for 20 mins
Make the okonomiyaki
- Place the flour in the large mixing bowl and crack in the eggs. Season with salt and stir until smooth
- Trim and finely slice the cabbage and spring onions, then add to the batter along with half the furikake and mix well (there should be a lot of cabbage in the batter)
- Heat the frying pan on a medium high heat with half of the sesame oil. Once hot, add half of the batter, spreading and pressing it with a spatula into a large compact pancake. Cook for 3-4 mins, until golden brown
- Carefully slide the pancake out onto a clean plate. Place another plate on top and flip, so that the cooked side faces up
- Slide it back into the pan and cook for 3-4 mins, until both sides are golden brown
- Repeat the process with the remaining batter
Make the cucumber salad
- In the medium mixing bowl, combine the honey, sesame oil and tamari
- Thinly slice the cucumber and radish into half-moons, add to the bowl, then toss to combine
Plate up
- Check your fish is cooked through; it should be steaming hot, opaque and separate easily with a fork
- Cut the pancakes into quarters and serve on plates, alongside the cucumber salad (leaving any excess sauce in the bowl)
- Top with the salmon
- Garnish with the remainin
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