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Oden おでん
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Oden おでん

Oden is Japanese winter comfort one-pot dish. It typically contains daikon, konnyaku, various fish cakes. The recipe show you how to cook Oden at home.

Prep Time
2 hrs
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
3 hrs
Servings: 2
Calories: 574 kcal
Course: Side Dish, Main Course
Cuisine: Japanese

Ingredients

Using Oden instant soup mix *1
  • 2 tbsp Oden instant soup mix
  • 4 cups water
  • 300 g beef sinew
  • 1/2 daikon radish
  • 1 piece konnyaku
  • 2 egg hard boiled
  • 2 chikuwa *2
  • 2 Ganmodoki *2
  • 2 chicken meatballs 2, large
  • 2 mochi-kinchaku *2
  • 1 tbsp mustard powder hot
  • 2 tbsp water

Instructions

Prepare beef sinew
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  1. Cut beef sinew and place in a pot with 2 cups of water(this is extra water, not listed in the ingredients).
  2. Bring it to boil over high heat, then turn the heat down to low for simmering it for 2 hours. 
  3. Skim off the scum and fat sometime.
  4. After 2 hours simmering, drain the water and set aside the meat.
Prepare Daikon radish
  1. Wash and peel the daikon.
  2. Cut daikon about 2cm(0.8inch) thick and round off the edge. 
  3. Place them in a pot with enough water to just cover the daikon radish.
  4. Cook it over medium heat for 30 minutes. 
Prepare Konnyaku
  1. Cut konnyaku piece in half diagonally to create triangle shape. 
  2. Boil water in a pot and add cut konnyaku piece. 
  3. Cook konnyaku in boiling water for 5 minutes. You can turn down the heat to medium while the konnyaku being cooked. 
  4. Drain the cooking water and set konnyaku aside. 
Oden stew
  1. Place oden soup mix in the pot(clay pot or ordinary pot) and add 2 cups of water. 
  2. Place the pot over medium heat. Dissolve the soup mix and bring it to simmer.
  3. Add all oden ingredients that you prepared (beef sinew, daikon, konnyaku, fish cakes, etc). 
  4. Simmer them for at least 1 hour for macerating the taste. 
  5. Before serve, mix mustard powder with water in a small serving plate.
  6. Serve oden hot with mustard. 

Notes

  • *1 if you can not access and making the soup from scratch, follow this recipe for the stewing soup. Dashi stock  4 cups, Sake 3tbs, Mirin 1.5tbs, Sugar 1/2 tbs, Salt 1/4 tsp, and Soy sauce 1tbs into a pot altogether and bring to simmer. 
  • *2 I have a small family so I bought a mixed fish cakes pack for Oden. You can buy those separately from Japanese grocery stores. 

Nutrition Information

Calories 574kcal (29%) Carbohydrates 19g (6%) Protein 60g (120%) Fat 26g (40%) Saturated Fat 3g (15%) Cholesterol 212mg (71%) Sodium 871mg (36%) Potassium 441mg (9%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 10g (20%) Vitamin A 260IU (5%) Vitamin C 19.2mg (21%) Calcium 58mg (6%) Iron 1.3mg (7%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 2 Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 574

% Daily Value*

Calories 574kcal 29%
Carbohydrates 19g 6%
Protein 60g 120%
Fat 26g 40%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Cholesterol 212mg 71%
Sodium 871mg 36%
Potassium 441mg 9%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 10g 20%
Vitamin A 260IU 5%
Vitamin C 19.2mg 21%
Calcium 58mg 6%
Iron 1.3mg 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.