Sides & Appetizers
Miso soup
Miso soup is a staple for a nice cool evening. It‚‘s a simple easy recipe great as a side to a nice healthy Asian dish or as a small meal stand alone. You can find dashi at your local Asian food market, in the Asian aisle at your local grocery store, or simply follow my link in bio to my Amazon stor
Serves 4 Prep 10 min Total 20 min
Ingredients
Scale:
- 6 cups dashi or broth
- 1 tablespoon grated ginger
- ½ cup shredded carrot
- ⅓ cup mirin
- ⅓ cup white miso
- 1/2-16-ounce package soft or firm tofu
- 1 package Enoki mushrooms (if you can’t find use any small mushrooms or omit) drained and cut into 1/4 inch cubes
- 2 green onions cut into 1/4 inch dice
Directions
- 1
In a saucepan, combine the dashi and ginger.
- 2
Bring to a boil over high heat.
- 3
Add the carrot and mirin, reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer until the carrot is tender, about 5 minutes.
- 4
Stir in the miso, blending until smooth.
- 5
Add the tofu, Enoki mushrooms, and green onions and simmer over low heat until the tofu is heated through, about 2 minutes.
- 6
Ladle the soup into bowls and serve.
