How To Make Miso Soup

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This delicate but intensely flavored soup is like chicken soup for the Japanese soul — minus the chicken. And it's just as easy to make if you have the right ingredients.

To complete this How-To you will need:

4 c. fresh, cold water
A 2 or 3-qt. pot
A hotplate or stovetop
A long piece of konbu seaweed
4 tbsp. bonito flakes
A small mesh strainer
1/4 lb. soft tofu, cut into small cubes
2 wakame seaweed
4 red or white miso paste
3 chopped scallions
A small ladle
A spoon or whisk
And a medium-sized bowl

Step 1: Put water on stove

Pour the water into the pot and place it on the stove or hotplate at medium heat.

Step 2: Add konbu

Break off a 4 to 6-inch piece of konbu and add it to the water.

Tip: Konbu—also known as sea cabbage or kelp—is available at most health food stores.

Step 3: Simmer & remove

Simmer the konbu for 15 minutes, then remove it from the water and throw it away.

Step 4: Add bonito

Add bonito flakes to the pot and simmer on medium-low heat for 5 minutes. If you prefer a more intense fish flavor, steep the flakes for 10, 15, or even 20 minutes—the longer you steep them, the stronger the flavor.

Step 5: Remove bonito

With a small mesh strainer, remove the bonito flakes and discard them.

Step 6: Add tofu & wakame

Add the tofu chunks and wakame and simmer for 5 minutes on low heat.

Tip: When making miso soup, never bring the broth to a boil—it will muddy all the distinct flavors.

Step 7: Stir miso paste & broth

Ladle about a cup of the broth into a medium-sized bowl containing the miso paste, and stir with a long chopstick or spoon until it dissolves.

Step 8: Pour broth

Once the miso paste is dissolved, pour the broth back in the pot and stir.

Tip: Miso paste will keep in the fridge for nearly a year; bonito flakes, wakame, and konbu will last indefinitely in the cupboard.

Step 9: Add scallions

Keeping the heat on low, add the chopped scallions and simmer for a final 5 minutes. Ahhh, miso.

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[mediamadman747]

Damn, I've got everything BUT the "medium-sized" bowl.

[VivaLaVieBoheme49]

ITS SO EASY TO MAKE! However, finding the ingredients is a bitch! thats where they get you....

[tattyan]

Although Wakame and Tofu miso soup is the most standard one, almost anything can go into Miso soup. Other combinations that you may be able to find the ingredients for in your place are 1) Onion+Potato, 2) Daikon radish, 2) Nappa cabbage or Cabbage 3) Carrot+Onion+Potato+Burdock+Po­rk+Shitake (This one is specifically called Ton-jiru), 4) Eggplants, 5) Snow peas, 6) Pumpkin+Green Onions, 7) Tomato, 8) Pork+Bean sprouts, 9) Spinach+Onion,,, and many more. Try them out and see if you like them!

[CatsInTheFridge]

yay for japan!!

[fpnhq292]

Wrong way to make januin miso soup...

[GummyTumor]

I had no idea there was so much stuff in miso soup. I thought it was just like tofu, seaweed, and green onions. Lol!

[AinsleyGoGreen]

lol 1:58 .. and stir with a SPOON OR WHISK . dang diggy .

[lalabunnybr]

What substitute can you use for the Tofu in case you're not a fan of Tofu?! :/

[DefionsBride]

@amyrah2000 Becuase with instant, you get NONE of the amazing probiotic benefits. Plus, its lazy. 

[MairacleMaker10]

the cook looks like a boss

[amyrah2000]

Why don't you just buy Instant Miso Soup Powder???

[tonitachan]

Very well done. Thank you.