Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, my family's chunky and filling pork miso soup!!. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
My Family's Chunky and Filling Pork Miso Soup!! is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. My Family's Chunky and Filling Pork Miso Soup!! is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have my family's chunky and filling pork miso soup!! using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make My Family's Chunky and Filling Pork Miso Soup!!:
- Prepare 200 grams Thinly sliced pork belly
- Take 5 small Taro root
- Make ready 1 Carrot
- Prepare 1/8 Kabocha squash
- Get 2 Chikuwa
- Prepare 1/2 block Konnyaku
- Make ready 1 sheet Atsuage
- Get 1200 ml ★ Water
- Get 2 tbsp ★ Sake
- Make ready 2 tbsp ★ Sugar
- Prepare 1 tbsp ★ Soy sauce
- Take 6 grams/1 packet ★ Bonito based dashi stock granules
- Make ready 1 ◎Miso (I used awase miso)
- Prepare 1 to garnish Japanese leeks, thinly sliced
Instructions to make My Family's Chunky and Filling Pork Miso Soup!!:
- To prepare: Slice the pork belly into 5 cm lengths. Cut the konnyaku into 1 cm cubes, boil for 3 minutes after bringing to a boil, then drain in a sieve.
- Peel the taro root, slice into bite sizes, and submerge in water. Cut carrots lengthwise into 4 sticks, then chop into smaller chunks. Slice the chikuwa. Cut the atsuage into 2 cm cubes.
- Cut kabocha squash into bite sized pieces if you prefer. You could add other root vegetables as well.
- In a pot, add all ingredients except for the atsuage. Spread the pork belly pieces, pour in the water and add the ★ condiments. Bring to a medium boil and remove the surface scum.
- When the vegetables have softened, add the atsuage and continue boiling for 10 minutes. Lower the heat and add in the miso paste.
- Serve in bowls, scatter chopped leeks on top, and it's done.
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