Crisp and Creamy Osaka-style Seafood Takoyaki

Name: Crisp and Creamy Osaka-style Seafood Takoyaki
Yield: 80 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 350 to 400 grams Cooked octopus; 1/2 bunch Young green onions; 1 Pickled red ginger; 100 grams Tempura crumbs; 350 grams Cake flour; 1700 ml Chicken stock; 1 tbsp Soy sauce; 2 tsp Sugar; 1 tsp Salt; 1 tbsp Bonito flakes; 4 Eggs; 2 tbsp Powdered skim milk (or coffee creamer); 2 tsp Baking powder; 1 blended at a 10:1 ratio Tonkatsu sauce and honey; 1 Aonori and bonito flakes; 1 blended at a 10:1:1 ratio Mixture of mayonnaise, milk, and unsweetened yogurt

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It's alright not to completely wash your grill after you're done, a little grease will help you out when you make takoyaki again.

You can also substitute beef gristle broth or bonito dashi soup for the chicken stock (if making stock is too cumbersome, use granulated dashi stock.)
The batter separates easily, so mix it up well before pouring into the griddle.
Don't scrub down the griddle too thoroughly after cooking. Simply wipe off the excess oil with paper towels, and wrap the griddle in newspaper. Recipe by Cooking S Papa

It's alright not to completely wash your grill after you're done, a little grease will help you out when you make takoyaki again.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

It's alright not to completely wash your grill after you're done, a little grease will help you out when you make takoyaki again.

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Ingredients

80 servings

350to 400 grams Cooked octopus
1/2 bunchYoung green onions
1Pickled red ginger
100 gramsTempura crumbs
For the batter
350 gramsCake flour
1700 mlChicken stock
1 tbspSoy sauce
2 tspSugar
1 tspSalt
1 tbspBonito flakes
4Eggs
2 tbspPowdered skim milk (or coffee creamer)
2 tspBaking powder
For the sauce
1blended at a 10:1 ratio Tonkatsu sauce and honey
Toppings
1Aonori and bonito flakes
1blended at a 10:1:1 ratio Mixture of mayonnaise, milk, and unsweetened yogurt

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Steps

1

Here are the filling ingredients. Refer tofor the chicken soup stock.
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/149128-very-useful-chicken-stock

Very Useful Chicken Stock
2

Chop the octopus into bite-sized chunks (about 1 to 1.5 cm cubes). They will shrink when cooked, so chop them larger than you think they need to be. Each piece should weight about 4 to 5 g.
3

Finely chop the green onion and finely mince the ginger.
4

This recipe uses an extravagant amount of chicken stock. It must be well chilled for use. Prepare it in advance and chill in the refrigerator.
5

Combine all of the powdered ingredients except for the baking powder, add the chicken stock and beaten egg and mix well. The egg should be thoroughly beaten so that the egg white is well incorporated.
6

Lumps in the batter will make it floury, so use a sieve to strain in the powdered ingredients. Let the batter sit for about 1 hour.
7

In order to grill with efficiency, set all the ingredients around the griddle, and heat the griddle at the highest setting.
8

Place your hand over the griddle to test the temperature, then coat with a generous amount of oil. Thoroughly mix the baking powder into the batter.
9

Pour the batter into the griddle. Sprinkle on the beni-shoga, green onions, and tempura crumbs. Fill the griddle full with the batter. The griddle should be turned up to the highest setting.
10

Fill any holes in the takoyaki with the surrounding batter cooked on the sides, and shape into round balls. The exterior should be browned to a crisp, and the insides should be steam cooked. Reduce to medium heat.
11

Takoyaki griddles for home use do not cook evenly, so I recommend shifting them around among different pockets until each of them are crisp and golden. The juice from the octopus will make the insides creamy.
12

When finished grilling, transfer to a serving dish, then carefully brush on the special sweet sauce.
13

Drizzle on mayonnaise, sprinkle with aonori seaweed and bonito flakes, then your amazing takoyaki are ready! Eat 'em up while they're hot!
14

I use this cheap plastic squeeze bottle container for the mayonnaise. Add milk and yogurt to your mayo for an even more delicious mixture (milk and yogurt should come out to about 10% of the resulting sauce).
15

Chicken soup stock.
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/149128-very-useful-chicken-stock

Very Useful Chicken Stock
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Homemade tempura crumbs are cheap and tasty to make.
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/149587-tempura-crumbs-with-dried-shrimp

Tempura Crumbs with Dried Shrimp