Taiyaki (Japanese Fish Shaped Waffle) Recipe
A delightful recipe for Taiyaki, a popular Japanese fish-shaped waffle filled with sweet red bean paste. Learn how to make this tasty treat at home!
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: Makes 6 taiyaki 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Japanese
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
Dry Ingredients:
- 25 g cornstarch
- 125 g cake flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
Liquid Ingredients:
- 20 g light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 150 ml whole milk
- 1/2 tbsp honey
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 drop vanilla essence
- 1 tsp cooking oil (+ extra for greasing)
Filling:
- 240 g red bean paste (anko)
Instructions
- Sift the dry ingredients: Combine cornstarch, cake flour, baking soda, and baking powder in a bowl.
- Mix the liquid ingredients: Whisk together light brown sugar, egg, honey, salt, vanilla essence, and cooking oil with milk until smooth.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients: Gradually add liquid mixture to dry ingredients, whisking gently until smooth.
- Rest the batter: Refrigerate batter for 30 minutes.
- Prepare the filling: Divide red bean paste into portions and shape into cylinders.
- Cook the taiyaki: Grease the taiyaki pan, fill each side with batter, add red bean paste, cook until golden, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 taiyaki
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 3g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
Keywords: Taiyaki, Japanese, Waffle, Red Bean Paste, Dessert, Vegetarian
