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April 10, 2015

Easy Miso Soup

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Easy Miso Soup

There’s not that much to making a good miso soup and there shouldn’t be. Once you’ve made your vegan dashi, you’ll just add in some miso paste, soy sauce and toasted sesame oil to the warmed broth, plus whatever else you think should go into the serving bowl.

Easy Miso Soup

It’s key here to only add in the miso to the warmed dashi right before serving. Miso is fermented and packed with nutrients and excessive heat can degrade those. I absolutely love South River Miso brand, but can’t find it in the South Bay, so Miso Master has become my go-to brand here.

You can prepare the vegan dashi by placing a piece of kombu (which can be found in any Asian market) in cold water to steep overnight or simmer the kombu for about 20 minutes before serving. Either way, once that’s done, there’s not much left to do to finish the miso soup. You can leave it plain or minimally adorned with tofu cubes and seaweed, or pack in some noodles and vegetables as you like.

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Easy Miso Soup

EASY MISO SOUP


  • Author: olivesfordinner.com
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 cups
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Description

This recipe includes instructions for heated dashi, which takes about 25 minutes as well as a chilled dashi option, which takes about 12 hours.


Ingredients

for the vegan dashi

  • 3X3 piece of kombu
  • 4–5 cups water
  • 4 dried shiitake caps

to finish the broth

  • 1 TB of miso per cup of dashi, any kind you like
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp toasted sesame oil

to serve (optional)

  • mushrooms, sliced
  • carrot, sliced
  • scallions
  • noodles
  • tofu cubes
  • sesame seeds
  • wakame seasoning

Instructions

To start the dashi

  1. First clean the kombu by wiping it down gently with a damp cloth, do not rinse it. Cut a few slits around the edges of the kombu. (see below)

To make hot dashi

  1. Place 5 cups of filtered water, kombu and shiitake into a medium-sized saucepan. Bring to a small simmer over medium heat (do not boil) for 20 minutes. Lower the heat a bit as needed if it starts to boil. Skim any froth off the top of the water with a skimmer. Remove the kombu and shiitake before serving. (You can reserve the shiitake for making stock later or slice it up and put it into the miso soup.)

To make cold dashi

  1. Place 4 cups of  filtered water, kombu and shiitake into a container, cover and allow to sit 12 hours in the refrigerator. Remove the kombu and shiitake before serving.

To prepare the miso soup

  1. Ladle the vegan dashi into bowls. If using cold dashi, gently heat it on the stovetop first. Season with the miso, soy sauce and toasted sesame oil, adding any extra components as desired.
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes

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  1. Maria says

    April 10, 2015 at 2:28 pm

    Nice recipe, and good tip on not letting the miso paste get too hot. Thanks!

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  2. Anonymous says

    April 10, 2015 at 4:48 pm

    Thanks for the great tip about miso … I have not been adding it at the end, so have been losing it's beneficial properties. I've been using a yummy chick pea miso …. sometimes I just eat a little spoon of it right out of the jar mmmm … thank you so much for all the time you devote to providing these amazing recipes … with gratitude, Brenda

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  3. morestomach.com says

    April 14, 2015 at 2:52 pm

    i have kombu in my pantry, purchased on a whim, that i add to make stock in general. i also always have miso on hand now and never knew about adding it later. good to know!

    Reply
  4. gretchen says

    April 15, 2015 at 6:11 pm

    I always want miso soup, but I never seem to have the wherewithal to make it. This should help, thanks!

    Reply
  5. Amy Poland says

    April 21, 2015 at 5:35 pm

    This recipe looks amazing! Cannot wait to try!

    Reply

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