1. Cut the onions into pieces and put in a food processor to mince them. Cook the minced onion in a microwave oven at 500W for approx. 2 minutes, then fry in a greased pan until golden.

2. Cut the lotus roots into pieces and roughly mince in a food processor. Cook them in a microwave oven at 500W for approx. 2 minutes.

3. Cut the chicken into pieces and mince in a food processor. Cook half of the minced chicken in a microwave oven at 500W for approx. 2 minutes.

4. Combine the remaining minced chicken, egg, red miso, mirin, sake, soy sauce and sugar, and mix. Add the fried onion prepared in 1. and the cooked chicken prepared in 3. to the mixture, and mix all the ingredients using a food processor. Add the lotus roots prepared in 2. and stir with a rubber spatula. Spread the mixture on a baking pan covered with a baking sheet.

5. Bake in an oven at 180 �� for approx. 15 - 20 minutes. (Center temperature--75 ��)

6. After it cools, coat the surface with mirin and sprinkle with powdered green nori and poppy seeds.

• Cut the daikon into pieces and put them in a mixer with some water to make grated daikon. Wrap it in a cotton cloth and squeeze dry. Add the egg yolk, sweet vinegar sauce and mustard to the grated daikon and mix. Spread the mixture on the baked chicken cake and top with minced chives.

Tips:

• When using a food processor, cut the food into pieces beforehand. Otherwise, the minced pieces greatly vary in size after processing.
• Onions are cooked in a microwave oven so as to shorten the time to fry them.
• In this recipe, lotus roots are roughly minced in a food processor. This way, the sizes of the minced lotus are uneven. However, the small pieces will have a sticky texture after cooking, while the larger pieces will have a crispy texture. Therefore, both textures can be enjoyed. We can take advantage of the limitations of food processors. Lotus roots were chosen as an ingredient for this recipe to demonstrate this point.
• If the center temperature is kept at 75 �� while baking, the dish will turn out juicy. However, if you want the dish to keep for a few days, bake thoroughly.
• It is said that grated daikon processed in a mixer is not very good (because it becomes too fluffy). However, if it is mixed with egg yolk and sweet vinegar sauce, it turns out well.