Oden is a popular, traditional Japanese hot pot dish best tasted in winter. It contains a variety of ingredients, such as eggs, yam cake, Japanese radish, Konbu seaweed, and various other fish paste products, boiled in broth in a big pot.
Ingredients (for two to three people)
Oden set: 1 pack
*Prepare Japanese radish, eggs, Konbu seaweed, and yam cake to match your preference.
How to prepare your ingredients
Take the yam cake out of the bag, gently rinse it, and then make a few cuts on the surface for the broth to soak in.
Cut the Japanese radish into bite-size pieces, make a few cuts on the surface and then boil them.
Hard-boil the eggs.
Lightly pour some hot water on the deep-fried ingredients (kneaded ingredients) to get rid of unnecessary oil.
Recipe
Pour the attached soup into a pot, and then pour 600ml ~ 800ml of water to make a broth.
*Change the amount of water depending on your preference.
Put the yam cake, Japanese radish, and Konbu seaweed, and cook them over medium heat. Once it starts boiling, lower the heat and boil for 15 ~ 20 minutes.
Put the kneaded ingredients (except for the Hanpen (boiled flat white fish cake)), Ganmodoki (fried bean curd), and Mochi-Kinchaku (glutinous rice wrapped in a pouch of deep-fried tofu), and boil them for 10 ~ 15 minutes over low heat.
*Boiling kneaded ingredients too much can cause the umami to dissolve into the broth.
Turn off the heat and let the Oden cool down.
*Follow this step to let the broth soak into the ingredients.
Put the Hanpen and heat it up before serving.
Adjust the overall flavor of the broth, and it is ready!