Taiyaki with Chocolate Filling
Taiyaki are Japanese fish-shaped pancakes. The batter is a bit different from regular pancake batter. It tends to be chewier, a little denser. They are usually filled with something sweet like red bean or custard. You can often find them being made and sold at stands outside Japanese supermarkets.
Ingredients
- Your favorite pancake recipe or pancake mix
- Chilled chocolate ganache or small pieces of chocolate
Instructions
- Place taiyaki maker on stove burner. Turn stove to medium heat. Spray or oil taiyaki pan.
- After the taiyaki maker is heated, pour in pancake batter. Put a thin layer of batter, enough to cover the bottom fish shapes that are on the stove.
- Place small piece of ganache or chocolate in the middle of the fish. Then spoon some more batter to cover the chocolate.
- Close the taiyaki maker, and let cook for approx 2 minutes. Then flip taiyaki maker, so top side heats on the stove. Cook for about 2 minutes.
- At this point you can check the progress of your taiyaki by opening the taiyaki pan. If taiyaki is still very light, cook for an additional minute, making sure to cook both sides evenly. If 2 minutes is too much, you can reduce the heat or cook about 1 minute on each side and then check the progress.
- Remove from pan and eat while still warm.
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. This is not a comprehensive list of all the nutrients in the recipe (i.e., does not include vitamins, cholesterol, etc). I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
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