Japanese Oat & Egg Savory Pancakes with Green Olive Crunch
Savory oat pancakes bound with egg and loaded with crunchy olive bits—served as bite-size snack rounds.

Total
35 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
20 min
Serves
2
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Recipe serves 2
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Oats
- 2 large Eggs
- 1/3 cup Water
- 1 tbsp Green olives (chopped)
- 1/2 cup Spinach (chopped)
- 1/4 cup Onion (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp Cooking oil
- 1 tsp Soy sauce(optional)
- to taste Salt
- to taste Black pepper
Instructions
- 1
Blend batter: soak oats in water for 5 minutes, then whisk with eggs, soy sauce (optional), salt, and pepper.
- 2
Fold in: stir in onion, spinach, and chopped green olives.
- 3
Cook: heat a nonstick pan with 1 tbsp oil. Pour batter to form 6–8 small pancakes.
- 4
Set and crisp: cook until edges lift, flip carefully, and cook until golden and cooked through (about 2–3 minutes per side).
- 5
Serve warm with an extra drizzle of oil or a quick vinegar-olive pan sauce (optional).
Nutrition per serving
Calories
520
26% of a 2,000 kcal day
| Protein | 22 g |
| Carbohydrate | 36 g |
| Fat | 32 g |
| Fiber | 6 g |
| Sugar | 2 g |
| Sodium | 420 mg |
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