10-Minute Spicy Daikon Grated Soup with Mochi (Ozoni)

Name: 10-Minute Spicy Daikon Grated Soup with Mochi (Ozoni)
Yield: Serves 2 servings
Ingredients: 2-4 pieces mochi rice cakes (about 1.4 oz/40g each); 14 oz daikon radish, unpeeled (about 400g); 1.75 oz thinly sliced pork (about 50g); 0.7 oz fresh ginger (about 20g); 1/2 dried red chili pepper; 2 tablespoons concentrated noodle soup base (mentsuyu); 1 scallion

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This ozoni uses grated daikon (including its juice) instead of water. It’s quick to make and delicious even when you don’t have much of an appetite.
Recipe background:
I had leftover daikon and mochi, so I decided to make ozoni. Since I was short on time, I used grated daikon instead of slicing it.

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Ingredients

Serves 2 servings

2-4 piecesmochi rice cakes (about 1.4 oz/40g each)
14 ozdaikon radish, unpeeled (about 400g)
1.75 ozthinly sliced pork (about 50g)
0.7 ozfresh ginger (about 20g)
1/2dried red chili pepper
2 tablespoonsconcentrated noodle soup base (mentsuyu)
1scallion

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Steps

1

Peel the daikon and grate it. Slice the scallion thinly.
2

Grate the ginger. Cut the pork into pieces about 3/4 inch (2 cm) wide. Remove the seeds from the chili pepper and slice it into thin rings with scissors.
3

Start toasting the mochi in a toaster oven or similar appliance.
4

Add the pork, ginger, chili pepper, and mentsuyu to a pot. Simmer until the pork is cooked through.
5

Add the grated daikon with its juice to the pot and bring to a gentle boil.
6

Add the toasted mochi to the pot. Once it comes to a boil again, it’s ready. Serve in bowls and sprinkle with the sliced scallion.