If you are new to miso paste, this miso soup recipe is good to start with.
Miso soup is created by adding miso paste to dashi stock.
This recipe makes a miso soup served as a side dish for Japanese rice. It usually contains some wakame seaweed and silken tofu cubes.
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1/2 packet of silken tofu
800ml hondashi stock
10g dried wakame seaweed (long thin strips of seaweed)
4 tbsp white or red miso paste
2 spring onions, chopped
Directions
- Cut the tofu into small cubes
- Bring the soup stock to a boil, then lower heat to a simmer
- Place the miso paste in a bowl and add 2-3 tbsp of the soup stock to the miso paste
- Stir to dissolve the paste in the soup
- Pour the mixture back into the pot of simmering soup
- Add the tofu and bring up the heat for about 1 minute
- Sprinkle with chopped spring onion just before serving
Recipe link: A basic miso soup recipe
If you still think this is too much work to cook but still want to try to make some basic miso soup, you can try getting some instant miso soup packs from Miso-Cup Japanese Restaurant Style, 2.9-Ounce Pouch(Pack of 6). Do beware that instant packs almost always contain more sodium.
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