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Oden
Oden is a Japanese stew made with hard-boiled eggs, daikon, fish cakes and dashi soup as ingredients. Easy and one of the best oden recipes with homemade dashi.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 178 kcal
Course:
Soup
Cuisine:
Japanese
Ingredients
- 3 cups homemade dashi
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 kombu strips softened, tie into knots, optional
- 12 oz (350g) Japanese oden fish cakes and fish balls
- 2 hard-boiled eggs
- 6 oz (175g) daikon cut into wedges
- 2 oz (60g) konnyaku cut into pieces or wedges, optional
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- 1 tablespoon cooking sake
- Japanese Togarashi Japanese 7-Spice Blend (S&B Brand)
- Japanese mustard Karashi, for serving
Instructions
- Rinse the fish cakes and fish balls under running water to remove excess oil. Drain, pat dry with paper towels, and set aside.
- In a soup pot, bring the dashi, water, and kombu strips (if using) to a boil. Add the daikon and simmer on low heat until cooked through.
- Add the hard-boiled eggs, konnyaku (if using), and fish cakes. Pour in the soy sauce, mirin, and sake. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes. Serve the oden warm with Japanese mustard and togarashi.
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Notes
- Click for the dashi recipe.
- You can make oden with instant oden soup mix, for example: Mizkan Bonito-Flavored Soup Base. If you use a soup mix, use 3 1/2 cups water and 1/4 cup soup mix, or more to taste.
- There are many kinds of Japanese fish cakes and fish balls. Find those pre-packed for Oden.
- Some fish cakes and fish balls are saltier and might make the soup a tad salty. Please add some water and oden soup is too salty.
- Traditionally, oden is simmered for an hour. My version is the quick and easy version.
Nutrition Information
Serving
4people
Calories
178kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
7g
(2%)
Protein
25g
(50%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Cholesterol
136mg
(45%)
Sodium
987mg
(41%)
Potassium
554mg
(16%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
139IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
9mg
(10%)
Calcium
91mg
(9%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 178
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 4people | |
| Calories | 178kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 7g | 2% |
| Protein | 25g | 50% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 136mg | 45% |
| Sodium | 987mg | 41% |
| Potassium | 554mg | 12% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 139IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 9mg | 10% |
| Calcium | 91mg | 9% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.