Chikuzenni is usually cooked at home in Japan. It features chicken and a variety of vegetables, including, carrots, renkon (lotus root), and konnyaku. “Chikuzen” used to be the name of what is now modern-day Fukuoka, and was the most popular cuisine from that city. The holes in the lotus root inspired people to believe that it had the power to reveal the future, and satoimo is known for its alleged powers of fertility, given the sheer number of potatoes that spring from the soil. Satoimo is beautiful when cut in a decorative way, and thus perfect for your osechi!
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