Easiest Way to Make Tasty Colorful Ozoni Mochi Soup for the New Year

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Colorful Ozoni Mochi Soup for the New Year. Ozoni is one of Japan's traditional New Year's foods. It comes in many forms depending on the locale and family, but it always features a seasoned broth with tender and chewy pieces of mochi (glutinous rice cake). This recipe pulls from a variety of regional styles and family practices.

To cut the nori seaweed, I recommend using small scissors.

Although it takes time to cut the nori seaweed and to carve the vegetables, the dashi soup stock is easy to make.

Today, the primary components of ozoni can be split into four distinct groups: the dashi base, the broth's seasoning, the mochi, and then any additional ingredients.

You can cook Colorful Ozoni Mochi Soup for the New Year using 20 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Colorful Ozoni Mochi Soup for the New Year

1. Prepare 60 grams of Chicken thigh meat.

2. Prepare 8 of cm Burdock root.

3. Prepare 30 grams of Cooked bamboo shoots in brine.

4. It’s 6 of cm Kintoki Carrot (dark red carrot).

5. It’s 4 of cm Lotus root.

6. It’s 2 of Shiitake mushrooms.

7. Prepare 2 of to 3 cm Kamaboko.

8. You need 6 of Snow peas.

9. You need 400 ml of ☆Water.

10. You need 1 of packet ★Bonito flake pack.

11. Prepare 1 tsp of ★Mirin.

12. It’s 1 tsp of ★ Usukuchi soy sauce.

13. You need 1 tsp of ★Sake.

14. You need 1/2 of to 1 teaspoon ★Powdered dashi stock.

15. You need 1 pinch of ★Salt.

16. You need 1/2 of Nori seaweed.

17. You need 3 of cm square Yuzu citrus peel.

18. You need 1 of Mitsuba.

19. Prepare 2 of Temaribu (decorative dried wheat gluten shaped like little balls).

20. It’s 2 of Round mochi.

Ozoni or お雑煮 is a special Japanese New Year's soup made with a light miso or kombu dashi based broth, vegetables and mochi (rice cakes).

The perfect hearty, nourishing and satisfying soup to kick off the new year!

Ozoni お雑煮 is a special miso-based soup enjoyed in the morning on New Year's Day in Japan.

The soup usually includes mochi (rice cake), and the preparation varies by region and household.

Colorful Ozoni Mochi Soup for the New Year instructions

1. Cut out the COOKPAD logo out of nori seaweed (refer to Steps 9-13)..

2. Slice the carrot into 5 mm, use a flower shaped cookie cutter to cut out the shape. Remove the starchy string from the snow peas, and cut the bamboo into bite sizes. Slice the lotus root to 5 mm..

3. Boil the ingredients from Step 2. Itll be less bothersome if you start boiling ingredients that release the least amount of scum first! Slice the kamaboko to 5 mm..

4. Put the bonito flakes into a clean tea bag. Soak the Temaribu in water..

5. In a pot, add water, thinly sliced burdock root, chicken cut into bite sizes, thinly sliced shiitake mushrooms, and bring to a boil. Add the bonito flake tea bag, and boil for 3 minutes until fragrant..

6. Add the (★) ingredients, bring to a boil again, and turn off the heat..

7. Toast the mochi, put the ingredients and mochi into a soup boil, and pour in the dashi soup. Top the mochi with the cut nori, and yuzu peel (refer to Step 14) and mitsuba..

8. [For a white miso broth] Omit the soy sauce and salt, and add a packet of white miso soup for an easy white miso version!.

9. [Cutting the nori] Prepare scissors and a paper cutter. Cut the logo to the same size as the mochi..

10. Cut the nori 1-2 mm larger than the logo pattern (so its thick enough to avoid mistakes)..

11. Cut out the inside of the nori circle using a paper cutter, to have a 3-4 mm thick ring (cut like youre making multiple small lines around the circle)..

12. Lay the hat pattern on top of the cut circle, and cut out the shape..

13. Use the paper cutter to cut out a 2-3 mm outline of the hat shape..

14. [How to cut the yuzu peel] Thinly peel the yuzu citrus, cut out a rectangle, and make two lengthwise cuts to make a backwards N. Fold back to make a X. This is called a "broken pine needle.".

The Japanese celebrate the New Year by feasting on Osechi Ryori (お節料理), traditional Japanese New Year food packed in lacquered boxes along with.

Celebrate the arrival of the new year with a simple, delicious Japanese ozoni ((お雑煮 ) soup!

This is a Kanto style ozoni with a clear kombu and dashi broth.

The flavors are delicate, comforting and pair perfectly with the sweetness and chewiness of mochi.

This is one of my all time favorite osechi ryori (traditional food)!