Savory Balls

Melted cheese inside takoyaki is the best. Even though the cheese come out, it becomes crispy and delicious. Also, great part about cheese is that it matches so well with other ingredients: sausage, kimchi, corn, rice cake, etc. Please use your favorite type of cheese, and enjoy making your favorite combination!

Needless to say, corn is absolutely excellent ingredient for any type of dishes. Takoyaki is no exception. For kids and for those who don’t like seafood, meat, and vegetables… corn is the saver when making takoyaki!

There are various types of boiled fish paste product in Japan, for example, crab sticks, chikuwa, and kamaboko. I guess crab sticks more likely to be familiar with people in other countries.

I think chicken would be good substitute especially for those who don’t like seafood. I recommend to put some seasonings on a piece of chicken and cook them in advance.

Squid has a texture very similar to octopus, and gives you great flavor of seafood just like octopus. So it’s going to be great substitute for octopus. Good thing is that it’s usually inexpensive than octopus.