10 Ways to Make Healthy and Nutritious Japanese Miso Soup a.k.a. MISOSHIRU

1. Chicken Meatball Miso Soup

Ingredients (for 2 servings)

・5 oz (140g) Bok choy
・1 oz (30g) Carrot
・1.7 cups (400ml) Water
・2 tbsp Miso paste
・A pinch of Dashi powder

Chicken meatballs
・4.6 oz (130g) Ground chicken
・5 sheets of Shiso leaves (optional)
・1/2 clove of Garlic
・1 tsp Grated ginger☆
・1 tsp Oyster sauce☆
・1 tsp Soy sauce☆
・1/2 tsp Sugar☆

Topping
・Sesame seeds

Direction

1.  Cut bok choy and carrot into small pieces. Mince shiso leaves and garlic, and mix them with ground chicken. Add ☆ to the meat and knead well.

2.  Put water, dashi powder and carrots in a pot and bring to a boil. Cook for a few minutes until carrots are slightly tender. Spoon meatballs from bowl of chicken mixture. Drop them into the boiling broth.

3.  When the meatballs are almost cooked, add bok choy. Heat for 1 to 2 minutes and turn off the heat. Dissolve miso paste and it’s done!

2. Okra and Egg Drop Miso Soup

Ingredients (for 2 servings)

・1.4 oz (40g) Okra
・1 Egg
・1.7 cups (400ml) Water
・2 tbsp Miso paste
・A pinch of Dashi powder

Direction

1.  Wash okra and rub salt into okra surface. Wait for 1 minute and rinse well. Mince okra.

2.  Put water in a pot and bring to a boil. Add okra and dashi powder, then cook for 1 minute.

3.  Make sure it is boiling strongly, and drop beaten egg. When the egg is cooked turn off the heat. Dissolve miso paste and it’s done!

3. Daikon and Fried Tofu Miso Soup

Ingredients (for 2 servings)

・2 oz (60g) Daikon
・1 sheet of Thin fried tofu (Abura-age)
・1.7 cups (400ml) Water
・2 tbsp Miso paste
・A pinch of Dashi powder

Topping
・Minced green onion

Direction

1.  Shred daikon and fried tofu.

2.  Put water, daikon, and fried tofu in a pot and bring to a boil. Cook until daikon is soft.

3.  Add dashi powder. When the daikon is cooked turn off the heat. Dissolve miso paste and it’s done!

4. Tofu and Wakame Miso Soup

Ingredients (for 2 servings)

・4.6 oz (130g) Tofu
・1-2 tsp Dried wakame seaweed
・1.7 cups (400ml) Water
・2 tbsp Miso paste
・A pinch of Dashi powder

Direction

1.  Dice tofu. Put water in a pot and bring to a boil. Add tofu and bring to a boil again.

2.  Add dashi powder and dried wakame seaweed. After simmering for 2 minutes, turn off the heat. Dissolve miso paste and it’s done!

5. Kabocha Miso Soup

Ingredients (for 2 servings)

・5 oz (140g) Kabocha squash
・1.4 oz (40g) Onion
・1.7 cups (400ml) Water
・2 tbsp Miso paste
・A pinch of Dashi powder

Topping
・Cheese
・Black pepper

Direction

1.  Slice onion and cut kabocha into small pieces.

2.  Put water, kabocha, and onion in a pot and bring to a boil. Cook until kabocha is soft.

3.  Add dashi powder. When the kabocha is cooked turn off the heat. Dissolve miso paste and it’s done!

6. Tonjiru

Ingredients (for 2 servings)

・2.8 oz (80g) Thinly sliced pork
・2.8 oz (80g) Tofu
・1.7 oz (50g) Daikon
・1.4 oz (40g) Carrot
・1.4 oz (40g) Burdock root (Gobo)
・1.7 cups (400ml) Water
・1 tbsp Sake (optional)
・2 tbsp Miso paste
・A pinch of Dashi powder

Topping
・Minced green onion
・Shichimi (Nanami) togarashi (Japanese seven spices)

Direction

1.  Cut all the ingredients into small pieces.

2.  Put water, daikon, carrot, and gobo in a pot and bring to a boil. Cook until these vegetables are almost soft.

3.  Add tofu and dashi powder. Bring to a boil and add pork and sake. When the vegetables are cooked turn off the heat. Dissolve miso paste and it’s done!

7. Ultimate Egg Miso Soup

Ingredients (for 2 servings)

・2 Eggs
・1.4 oz (40g) Onion
・1 oz (30g) Carrot
・2 tbsp Minced green onion
・1 tsp Dried wakame seaweed
・1.7 cups (400ml) Water
・2 tbsp Miso paste
・A pinch of Dashi powder

Direction

1.  Slice onion and carrot.

2.  Put water, onion, and carrot in a pot and bring to a boil. Cook until these vegetables are almost soft.

3.  Add dried wakame seaweed, minced green onion, and dashi powder. Bring to a boil.

4.  After making sure the water is boiling, crack the eggs into the pot. When the eggs are cooked to the desired consistency, turn off the heat. Dissolve miso paste and it’s done!

8. Ultimate Salmon Miso Soup

Ingredients (for 2 servings)

・A slice of Salmon
・1 tbsp Sake
・1.4 oz (40g) Cabbage
・1.7 cups (400ml) Water
・2 tbsp Miso paste
・A pinch of Dashi powder

Direction

1.  Cut salmon and cabbage into small pieces. Pour sake over salmon and let stand for 1 minute.

2.  Put water and cabbage in a pot and bring to a boil. Cook until the cabbage is slightly soft.

3.  Add salmon and dashi powder. Bring to a boil.

4.  When the salmon is cooked turn off the heat. Dissolve miso paste and it’s done!

9. Ultimate Creamy Miso Soup

Ingredients (for 2 servings)

・1.4 oz (40g) Potato
・1 oz (30g) Carrot
・1 oz (30g) Onion
・Sausages
・Cherry tomatoes
・0.8 cups (200ml) Water
・0.8 cups (200ml) Soy milk or Milk
・2 tbsp Miso paste
・A pinch of Dashi powder

Topping
・Parsley

Direction

1.  Cut all the ingredients into small pieces.

2.  Put water, carrot, and onion in a pot and bring to a boil. Cook until these vegetables are slightly soft.

3.  Add potatoes, sausages, and dashi powder. Cook until potatoes are soft.

4.  Add soy milk (or milk) and cherry tomatoes. When the soup comes to a slight boil, turn off the heat. Dissolve miso paste and it’s done!

10. Rich and Spicy Chicken Miso Soup

Ingredients (for 2 servings)

・2.8 oz (80g) Chicken
・5 oz (140g) Bok choy
・1.4 oz (40g) Onion
・1.7 cups (400ml) Water
・1/2 clove of Garlic☆
・2 tbsp Milk☆
・1.5 tbsp Miso paste☆
・1 tsp Ground white sesame seeds☆
・1 tsp Chicken stock powder☆
・1 tsp Sugar☆

Topping
・Raayu (Chili oil)

Direction

1.  Cut all the ingredients into small pieces.

2.  Put water and onion in a pot and bring to a boil. Cook until onion is almost soft. Mix ☆ in a bowl in advance.

3.  Add chicken and simmer for a minute or so, then add bok choy, and the miso sauce. Simmer for a while and it’s done!

11. Devilishly Addictive Onigiri

Ingredients (for 2 servings)

・12.7 oz (360g) Cooked rice
・2 tbsp Tempura bits (Ten-kasu)
・1 tbsp Mentsuyu
・Minced green onion
・Red pickled ginger
・Aonori

Direction

1.  Mix all ingredients well with cooked rice to make rice balls of your desired size.

12. Perfect Yaki Onigiri

Ingredients (for 2 servings)

・12.7 oz (360g) Cooked rice
・1 tbsp + 1 tsp Soy sauce
・1/2 tbsp Mirin
・1/2 tbsp Sesame oil
・A pinch of Dashi powder
・White sesame seeds

Direction

1.  Mix all ingredients well with cooked rice to make rice balls of your desired size.

2.  Bake in a toaster oven until crispy on the outside. If you have a kitchen torch, a little searing at the finish is even better.

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