Cooking Corner: Pork & Cabbage Japanese pancakes

With Japan recently opening its beautiful country to visitors post COVID-19, our Cooking Corner has made a delicious Japanese-inspired dish that will have you booking your flight therein a heartbeat.

These pork and cabbage pancakes are super quick and easy to whip up, and can be made all year round.  

Give this one a go by following the same recipe as CPL’s cooking corner participants. 

Serves: 4 | Preparation & Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 250g pork mince  
  • ½ green cabbage, finely shredded
  • 2 tbs soy sauce  
  • 1 ½ cups (225g) self-raising flour  
  • 2 eggs  
  • ¾ cup (185ml) real chicken liquid stock  
  • 2 tbs worcestershire sauce  
  • ¼ cup (75g) mayonnaise  
  • ¼ cup (75g) sriracha mayonnaise  
  • 1 carrot peeled, cut into long matchsticks  
  • 2 spring onions thinly sliced  

Method

  1. Heat a large non-stick frying pan over high heat. Cook mince with a wooden spoon for 5mins or until mince goes brown.  
  2. Add soy sauce to the mince. Continue cooking and stirring for 2 mins. Transfer to a bowl.  
  3. Clean the pan and place over a medium heat.
  4. Combine flour and eggs in a large bowl, add the chicken stock and stir until smooth. Add the mince and the cabbage.
  5. Spray the frying pan with olive oil, spoon ¼ of the batter into the pan and cook for 2 mins.
  6. Turn the pancake and brush with worcestershire sauce. Cook for 1 min or until cooked through.
  7. Turn and brush with a little more worcestershire sauce.
  8. Transfer the pancake to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm.
  9. Repeat with remaining batter.            
  10. Serve with mayonnaise drizzled over the top and the remaining carrot, spring onion and cabbage. 
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The image depicts a close up image of Pork and Cabbage Japanese Pancakes topped with mayonnaise and vegetables with a side of salad.