[ENG SUB]Chikuzen-ni (Simmered Root Vegetables with Chicken) | Traditional Japanese New Year's Food

shiitake mushrooms

🥗Healthier: oyster mushrooms

💰Cheaper: button mushrooms

Button mushrooms are more affordable and widely available.

burdock root

🥗Healthier: parsnip

💰Cheaper: carrots

Carrots can be used as a substitute for a similar texture.

Soak dried shiitake mushrooms in water beforehand and keep the soaking water for dashi.

Chop konjac in half and cut into 1cm pieces, making a hole in the middle to create a twisted rope shape.

Cut boiled bamboo shoots into quarter-rounds, separating the top and bottom parts.

Soak dried shiitake mushrooms in water, then use the soaking water as part of the dashi.

Prepare snow peas by removing strings and boiling them in advance for decoration.

Peel kintoki carrot, slice into 1cm pieces, and use a cutter to shape them into plum flowers, cutting diagonally for depth.

Wash small taro potatoes, cut top and bottom, and peel into a hexagon shape (Roppoumuki).

Peel lotus root and carve around the holes to create a flower shape, then cut in half for size.

Peel kuwai (arrowhead) and cut diagonally in half, then peel into a hexagon shape (Roppoumuki) and notch the corners to resemble a pinecone.

In a pot, add taro potatoes, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and lotus roots, and bring to a boil.

Once boiling, add chicken, kuwai, konjac, and carrot, stirring gently to avoid breaking the roots.

Add sugar, mirin, light soy sauce, and dark soy sauce, then reduce heat to medium.

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