New year food
Eaten to see in a new year, for luck or plenty.
Hot pot火鍋
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreSimmering broth at the table for cooking meats, vegetables and more as you eat
Main dish, Dinner, Lunch
Pozole
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreMexican hominy soup with meat and a range of fresh toppings
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Zōni雑煮
🇯🇵 JapanJapanese New Year soup with mochi rice cakes and seasonal ingredients
Soup, Breakfast, Lunch
Tteokguk떡국
🇰🇷 South KoreaKorean soup of sliced rice cakes in clear broth, eaten for the New Year
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Soup JoumouMeat
🇭🇹 HaitiHaitian squash and beef soup served hot for New Year's Day
Soup, Breakfast, Lunch
Ash Reshtehآش رشته
🇮🇷 IranThick Iranian soup with noodles, beans, herbs and a tangy dairy topping
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Canja de galinhaMeat
🇵🇹 Portugal and 2 moreChicken and rice soup from Portugal, Brazil, and Cape Verde
Soup, Supper, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Zōni: atmo, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pozole: Meutia Chaerani / Indradi Soemardjan http://www.indrani.net, CC BY 2.5, source
- Tteokguk: 해능, CC BY-SA 2.0 kr, source
- Hot pot: Chensiyuan at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ash Reshteh: AilinParsa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Canja de galinha: Sebástian Freire, CC BY-SA 2.0, source