Best Japanese Winter Recipes

Oden is a popular Japanese hot pot, which includes daikon radish, hanpen (fish cakes), chikuwa (fish cakes), boiled eggs, konnyaku (yam cake), and more. These ingredients are simmered in kelp-based soup stock for hours.

It's a very popular hot one-pot meal in Japan. The main ingredient is thin sliced beef, and it is simmered in a skillet or pan in the sukiyaki sauce with many vegetables and other ingredients.
How to Cook Sukiyaki

Mizutaki is a Japanese nabe (hot pot dishes.) Chicken and other ingredients are simply simmered in dashi soup. It's usually simmered at dining tables, and usually a pot is shared by some people. Take cooked ingredients in small bowls and eat them, dipping in ponzu sauce.

Nikuman (niku-manju) are steamed cakes with seasoned ground pork filling. Niku means meat in Japanese. Unlike anman (manju with anko filling), nikuman aren't sweet.

Nabeyaki udon is a hot udon noodle cooked and served in an earthenware pot/iron pot. Tempura shimp is a popular topping.

Tonjiru is a kind of Japanese miso soup with pork and lots of vegetables. Ton means pork in Japanese.

Yudofu is a Japanese tofu hot pot. It's a simple but delicious tofu dish.

It's a simple cream soup with hakusai cabbage and chicken.