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Takoyaki - Octopus Balls Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Archidraca / All my dishes 1 year, 1 month ago This is my take on the Japanese dish Takoyaki. I managed to find a cheap pan here in the States and just had to try it myself. The hardest thing about this recipe is making the shape perfect (practice). Prep:20m Cook:45m Servings:10	Archidraca
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Ingredients

**for the Dashi** (or dashi substitute for purists...)

2 1/4 cups Water

(1) [Knorr brand] Fish Bouillon Cube

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**for the fillings**

1 cup fresh Octopus (tighly packed) [if using frozen, estimate about half a 24oz pack] use more if you want it chunkier

1lg or 2sm Green onions

1 1/2 tbsp Kizami Shoga (this is a Red Pickled Ginger)

Sea Salt (or Kosher Salt)

Ground Black Pepper

1tbsp Aji-Mirin (Rice Wine)

1 tsp Sesame Seed Oil

1 tsp Olive Oil

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**for the breading**

2 cups Flour (maybe a little more)

2 Eggs

2 cups Dashi

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**when frying**

a large-ish Spoon or small Ladle

2 Bamboo Skewers

1 Takoyaki Pan

Spray Grease (like Pam) to start

Directions

Put 2 1/4 cups water into a microwave-safe container and then into the Microwave on High for 3 minutes. (the excess will boil off)

Take your now REALLY HOT water out and put in the Fish Bouillon Cube. Tease it as necessary to make it dissolve completely.

Place your Octopus in another microwave-safe bowl with enough water to cover it along with 1 tsp Olive Oil and 1 tsp Sea Salt.

Cook that in the Microwave for 6 minutes on High.

Wash and chop up your Green Onions. Drain and chop up your Shoga.

Drain and let cool slightly your Octopus. When cool, chop into small pieces 1/2 to 1/4 inches long.

Heat up your Pan on Med High - High heat.

Stir in your wet ingredients (Eggs, Dashi, Mirin, Oil) to the flour then everything else. The consistency will be similar to pancake batter. Kinda watery with no clumps of flour.

Everyone seems to find their own technique on turning the batter into balls. It's difficult, at best, to create perfect spheres. I only sprayed down my pan for the first batch and it did fine for the rest without re-application.

Good luck!!!

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