Have you tried oden yet?



Mission, oden stew (researched 14 Dec  2013)

 It`s been freezing cold this winter in Japan.

 

 Today, I`ll let you know oden stew ”おでん” which is our special dish for the winter. Eating oden keeps you warm through the winter.

 

 

 

 The other night, my wife cooked her oden at her kitchen.

 

 

 

  Here is how she cooked.

 

 Ingredients

 1, Japanese radish

 2, egg

 3, fish cake

 4, beef snew

 

 5, dry kelp sheet

 

 

 

 preparations

 

1, immerse a dry kelp sheet in water

 

2, boil the eggs.

 

 

 

 

 

3, skin off a Japanese radish, chop it evenly into a few peaces. Precook cut peaces by a pressure cooker for 1min.

 

 

 

4, precook beef sinew by a pressure cooker for 10min.

 

 

 



 5, partial boil fish cakes to remove excess fat.

 

 

 

 

Cooking

 

1, place kelp sheet at the bottom then beef sinew, Japanese radish, fish cake and peeled boiled egg into a large pot.

 

2, put water into the pot just enough to cover the ingredients.(Remember to put the immersing water for dry kelp from section 1 of the preparation.

 

3, stew it for10-15min

 

4, let it cool to get it more taste such as "umami"旨味”

Serve it in a large bowl. Japanese mustard is good to top with, if you want a few more kicks.

 

 

 

Over all

As you see the whole recipe, the preparations are all about cooking oden. How ever, don't bring the large pot to boil in the cooking process.

The section 5 of preparations (removing excess fat) is optional. Using a high pressure cooker is not necessary.

 

Conclusion

You can find oden stew at the convenience stores. They present it and sale it beside a cash register. All you gotta do is point what you want with your finger. One piece of oden costs you around ¥100. I recommend you egg and Japanese radish. Go get yourself our winter speciality!!!