Basic Miso Soup
Basic Miso Soup

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, basic miso soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Basic Miso Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Basic Miso Soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook basic miso soup using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Basic Miso Soup:
  1. Make ready 4 cups Dashi Stock *find about ‘Dashi Stock’ at http://www.hirokoliston.com/dashi-stock/
  2. Take 3-4 tablespoons Miso
  3. Take 2 Spring Onion *finely chopped
  4. Get <Add two or three of the following>
  5. Get *Note: Large vegetables need to be cut into small pieces or slices
  6. Prepare 1/2-1 block Tofu *Momen of Silken Tofu
  7. Take 1 tablespoon Dried Chopped Wakame
  8. Make ready 1 Potato
  9. Take 1/2-1 Onion
  10. Take 1/2 Carrot
  11. Get 4-5 Snow Peas
  12. Get 1/4 bunch Spinach
  13. Get 4-5 Green Beans
  14. Prepare 1/2 small Eggplant
  15. Prepare 1 sheet ‘Abura-age’ (Fried Thin Tofu)
  16. Prepare 2-3 Shiitake
  17. Prepare 1/2 pack Shimeji
  18. Prepare 5 cm Daikon
Steps to make Basic Miso Soup:
  1. Heat Dashi Stock (OR Water & Dashi Powder) in a large saucepan or a pot, add the ingredients of your choice (except Tofu) and cook them in the stock until soft. - *Note: Use about 2 teaspoons Dashi Powder for 4 cups Water OR according to the instruction on the package.
  2. *Note: If you wish to add Tofu to your Miso Soup, you don’t need to cook Tofu and Tofu can be easily broken. Add Tofu after you season the soup with Miso.
  3. Season the soup with Miso. - *Note: The important point to remember is that you should remove the soup from the heat when it’s just about to start boiling after adding Miso. If you boil it for too long, the wonderful aroma of Miso will be lost. That’s what I was taught.
  4. Sprinkle with finely chopped Spring Onions and serve.

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