Delicious Japanese Oden Recipe That Will Keep You Warm In Winter

There is a wide variety of dishes offered by Japanese cuisine. There are also many regional specialties. Living in Japan for many years taught me which dishes are best for summer and which are best for winter. I remember the apartment I rented when I first came to Japan. It was just below the mountain and right next to a stream. The view was impressive but it was very cold in winter. The apartment lacked proper insulation unlike the apartments we had at home. To help me survive the cold winter nights, I had to dress up as Santa Claus and eat a lot of oden.

So what is order? Oden is a popular Japanese pot dish in which it is simmered in dashi (flavoring) or a soy sauce-based sauce. It is usually prepared in a large ceramic pot called “donabe” or a large aluminum pot called “onabe”. Oden ranks high and is a favorite of many Japanese families. There are many numbers of oden recipes and here is one.

Searching for the right ingredients isn’t easy if you don’t have access to a supermarket or Japanese store nearby. I was able to find some ingredients that are sold online. Most of the ingredients are difficult to make from scratch and can take a long time to prepare, so I buy them at a nearby Japanese grocery store or buy them online.

Oden Recipe (for oven)

Ingredients:

– a large radish

– Three carrots

– Three medium potatoes

– Five boiled eggs (peeled or shelled)

– Two blocks from “konyaku”

– Five blocks of fish cake or “chikuwa”

– Three blocks of soft tofu

– Five slices of “atsuage” (fried tofu)

– Your choice of dashi flavoring (flavor broths) or soy sauce

– Three tablespoons of Japanese rice wine or “sake”

-Two tablespoons of sugar or “mirin”

preparation:

– Peel the radish and cut it into thick slices

– Peel the potatoes and cut them in half.

– Peel and cut the carrots into large pieces.

– In a large pot, add all the ingredients mentioned above.

– Add fish cake and atsuage inside the pot.

– Add the dashi or flavouring, the Japanese rice wine and the sugar

– Add the eggs and soft tofu

– Bring the pot to a boil and add a little water and “dashi” when the level of the soup drops.

– Reduce the heat and voila.

I hope this delicious oden recipe keeps you warm in winter somehow.