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Classic Japanese Miso Soup
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Classic Japanese Miso Soup

Traditional Japanese miso soup with tofu and nori seaweed

⏱ 15 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Heat the water in a pot to a gentle simmer, without a hard boil.
    StovePot
  2. 2
    Tear the seaweed into small pieces, add to the pot and cook 2 minutes.
    Stove
  3. 3
    Add the tofu cubes and heat another 2 minutes.
    Stove
  4. 4
    Remove the pot from the heat. Dissolve the miso in a small bowl with a little of the water, hot, and pour gently into the pot; from here on the soup doesn't go back on the heat.
    Bowl
    💡Boiling after the miso goes in hurts its aroma: dissolve it separately and add it at the end, off the heat.
  5. 5
    Stir in the sesame oil.
  6. 6
    Season with salt.
  7. 7
    Serve immediately in bowls, with the green onion on top.
    Ladle
123calories
10 gprotein
4 gcarbs
7 gfat
● protein 34%● carbs 13%● fat 53%

Per serving (323 g), of 4 servings

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🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Ladle · Also works: Measuring cup (Cup) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (Slow)

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