Hearty Vegetable Miso Soup

Name: Hearty Vegetable Miso Soup Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tbsp scallions parsley and/or cilantro minced; 1 tbsp ginger minced; 1 tbsp garlic minced; 1/2 cup lemon or lime juice; 1 cup green vegetables (kale bok choy broccoli zucchini and/or peas) diced; 1 medium carrots diced; 1 medium celery diced; Half block tofu diced; 5 cups water; Harder to find items (check Asian Section or go to a local health food store or Asian grocery store):; 1 cup shitake mushrooms sliced; Bonito & Seaweed Paste; 1 tbsp dried wakame hijiki or dulse seaweed; 1 tsp toasted sesame oil; 1 tbsp mirin rice wine; 1 tbsp rice vinegar

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Minutes to Prepare: 10
Minutes to Cook: 20

Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

1 tbsp scallions, parsley and/or cilantro, minced 1 tbsp ginger, minced 1 tbsp garlic, minced 1/2 cup lemon or lime juice1 cup green vegetables (kale, bok choy, broccoli, zucchini and/or peas), diced 1 medium carrots, diced 1 medium celery, dicedHalf block tofu, diced 5 cups waterHarder to find items (check Asian Section or go to a local health food store or Asian grocery store):1 cup shitake mushrooms, sliced Bonito & Seaweed Paste1 tbsp dried wakame, hijiki or dulse seaweed1 tsp toasted sesame oil1 tbsp mirin rice wine1 tbsp rice vinegar

Directions

To make the soup, bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Lower heat and add herbs, ginger, garlic, toasted sesame oil, mirin rice wine, rice vinegar, green veggies, shitakes and carrots. Cover and simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.

Add tofu (optional: add cooked noodles or rice) and remove from heat. In a separate bowl (or in the individual serving bowls) mix the lemon/lime juice and miso together with add a splash of water and stir until no longer lumpy. Note: The miso should be added last and should never be boiled in the soup since this kills the delicate miso flavor. Stir the mixture into the soup and serve. Garnish with fresh scallions, parsley and/or cilantro on top.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RAINSPARK.

Servings Per Recipe: 4

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 141.7
Total Fat: 6.1 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 601.0 mg
Total Carbs: 22.2 g
Dietary Fiber: 5.8 g
Protein: 9.8 g

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Member Reviews

JOHNKAWAKAMI
If you remove the lemon and ginger, it'll taste less Chinese. Aside from that, this is what I had growing up: leftovers in miso soup that was more like stew. - 11/6/11