Japanese New Year's Soup - Ozoni Recipe Video
Ingredients
| Dashi stock | 1 Liter | |
| Sliced carrots | 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs) | |
| Daikon | 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs), thinly sliced | |
| Boneless skinless chicken thighs | 2 , cut into small bite size pieces | |
| Mochi | 50 Gram, cubed (Cut into 8 cubes) | |
| Snow pea | 50 Gram (8 pieces) | |
| Enoki mushroom | 45 Gram (4 medium shiitake mushrooms can be used as an alternative) | |
| Napa cabbage | 50 Gram, cut into bite size pieces | |
| Light soy sauce/Soy sauce | 1 Dash (usukuchi) | |
| Salt | To Taste | |
| Lemon zest | 1 Dash |
Nutrition Facts
Serving size
Calories 402 Calories from Fat 92
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10 g15.8%
Saturated Fat 0.25 g1.2%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 19.1 mg6.4%
Sodium 8093.3 mg337.2%
Total Carbohydrates 48 g16%
Dietary Fiber 1.8 g7.3%
Sugars 1.9 g
Protein 24 g48.7%
Vitamin A 36.5% Vitamin C 25.2%
Calcium 2.3% Iron 4.2%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet
Directions
1. Take about 8 cubes of mochi and put them under the broiler turning sides frequently until they turn golden brown in color.
MAKING
2. Take a medium saucepan and heat up a liter of dashi stock and add to it the thinly sliced carrots and daikon. Cook for a couple of minutes covered.
3. Add two boneless and skinless chicken thigh pieces. Cover and simmer for 5 more minutes.
4. When the chicken is done add the snow peas, napa cabbage and enoki mushrooms and continue to cook covered until the cabbage is wilted and the peas are bright green in color. This will be done in a minute.
5. Finally season with some usukuchi or soy sauce and salt to taste.
FINALIZING
6. Take a serving bowl and throw in the small bit of lemon zest at the bottom and spoon into the bowl the soup along with the vegetables.
7. Finally add the roasted mochi cubes on top allowing half of each cube to remain above the surface of the soup.
SERVING
8. Serve warm.
Editors Review
Happy New Year! Most of us are looking to cook something simple and light cause light sounds good after all the heavy cooking and rich food that we have been eating over the holidays. Watch this video as Jay (Mr. Jingjong) teaches us how to make a traditional Japanese New Year Soup called Ozoni. It is a deliciously light and nutritious soup of chicken, vegetables and mochi (rice cake) that is eaten on New Year's Day in Japan but is a very welcome contrast from all the heavy fare we have indulged in over theChef
