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[[Image:Oden.jpg|thumb|Home-made Oden]]
'''Oden''' ({{lang|ja-Hira|おでん}}) is a [[Japan]]ese winter dish consisting of several ingredients such as boiled [[egg (food)|eggs]], [[daikon]] radish, [[konnyaku]], and processed fish cakes stewed in a light, soy-flavoured [[dashi]] broth. Ingredients vary according to region and between each household. Karashi (Japanese [[Mustard (condiment)|mustard]]) is often used as a condiment.
Oden was originally what is now commonly called misodengaku or simply [[dengaku]]; konnyaku or [[tofu]] was boiled and one ate them with [[miso]]. Later, instead of using miso, ingredients were cooked in dashi and oden became popular.
Unlike most one pot dishes, ingredients can be added at any time. Oden is often sold from [[yatai|food carts]], and most Japanese [[convenience store]]s have simmering oden pots in winter. Many different kinds of oden are sold, with single-ingredient varieties as cheap as 50 yen.
==Regional variations==
In [[Nagoya]], it may be called ''Kantō-ni'' ({{lang|ja-Hani|関東煮}}) and [[soy sauce]] is used as a dipping sauce.
In [[Kansai]] area they are sometimes called ''Kanto-daki'' ({{lang|ja|関東煮 or 関東炊き}}) and tend to be stronger flavoured than the lighter [[Kantō region|Kantō]] version.
Oden in [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]] use a dark coloured broth flavoured with beef stock and dark soy sauce, and all ingredients are skewered. Dried and ground fish (sardine, mackerel, or [[skipjack tuna]]) and ''[[aonori]]'' powder (edible seaweed) are sprinkled on top before eating.
[[Udon]] restaurants in [[Kagawa Prefecture]] in [[Shikoku]] almost always offer oden as a side dish, to be eaten with sweet miso while waiting for the udon.
In Taiwan, the dish is called ''Oren''/''Olen'' ({{lang|ja|黑輪}}) in the [[Taiwanese (linguistics)|Taiwanese language]]. Besides the more traditional ingredients, ''olen'' also uses many local ingredients, such as pork meat balls and blood puddings. More recently, oden is offered in [[convenience stores]] and is known as ''Guandongzhu'' (''Kuantung-chu''; {{lang|ja|関東煮}}) in [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]].
==List of Popular Ingredients==
*[[Boiled egg]]s
*Chikuwabu - gluten tubes. Popular in [[Kantō region|Kantō]], virtually unknown elsewhere.
*Sliced [[daikon]]
*[[Suji]] - beef [[tendon]]s
*[[Ito konnyaku]]
*[[Konnyaku]]
*[[Carrot]]
*[[Shiitake]]
*[[Kabocha]] - Japanese squash
*[[Potato]]
*[[Tsukune]] - fish or meat balls
*[[Octopus]]
*[[Tebichi]] - pig trotters, only in [[Okinawa]]
*[[Tofu]] products:
**[[Ganmodoki]] - fried balls of tofu mixed with grated vegetables
**[[Atsuage]] - deep fried tofu
**[[Tofu]] - mainly in [[Kansai]], usually seared
*[[Surimi]] products:
**[[Bakudan]] - boiled egg wrapped in surimi
**[[Chikuwa]] - thick tubes of surimi
**[[Gobomaki]] - boiled ''gobo'' ([[greater burdock]] root) wrapped in surimi
**[[Hanpen]]
**[[Ikamaki]] - squid wrapped in surimi
**[[Kamaboko]]
**[[Shinjoage]] - fried seafood paste
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==Anime==
* There is an [[anime]] on [[NHK]] called [[Odenkun]] featuring the ingredients of oden as characters and using the voice talents of [[Yoshinori Fujita]] and [[Rika Komatsu]].
* In the anime [[Princess Nine]], the main character helps out in her mother's oden shop; one of the American DVDs features a step-by-step guide to making oden as one of the disc extras.
* In episode 5 of [[xxxHolic]], Watanuki Kimihiro visits an oden vendor run by a fox spirit (''[[kitsune]]'') and his son.
* In episode 6 of El Hazard: Alternate World, Nanami Jinnai sets up an oden stand in Creteria.
* In the JDrama, [[Akihabara@DEEP]], the otaku are infatuated with cans of premade oden.
* In the episode 13 of [[Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori]], Wanyuudou runs an oden shop in order to investigate on the client.
* In [[One Piece]]: The Movie (movie 1), supporting character Ganzo runs an oden shop, and his dream is to make the most delicious pot of oden the world has ever known. The villain of the movie maliciously spills said pot, but [[Luffy]] honors Ganzo by eating the food off of the ground.
* In episode 13 of [[Pita-Ten]], Shia prepares oden to bring to Hiroshi's house, but Misha spills it when helping her carry the bowl to the table. Seeing Takashi (Ten-chan)is hungry, Kaoru prepares her own oden for him, which gets eaten immediately by Hiroshi [http://oden.hu Oden]
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