Miso Noodle Soup
Serves 4
1/2 fresh chili
2 cloves garlic
2-inches (5 cm) fresh ginger
1 stalk fresh lemongrass
1/2 leek
4 small carrots
1/2 cup (1 1/2 dl) romanesco (or broccoli)
6 brown mushrooms (or shiitake)
1/2 cup (1/2 dl) fennel bulb with greens
1/2 cup (1 1/2 dl) green beans
8 cups (2 liter) water, boiled
4 -6 tbsp miso paste (to taste)
1 tbsp soy sauce
soba (buckwheat) or wholegrain noodles for 4 persons
1 handful cilantro
sesame seeds
1 lime
Ingredients: 300g firm tofu, 1 shallot (chopped fine), 6 spring onions (chopped into half-inch pieces), 3 big cloves of garlic (sliced), 2 heaped tbsp of miso paste, a glug of soy sauce, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 stock cube or 1 tsp veg bullion, sesame oil for frying (other oil will do if you don’t have it), few ears of baby corn (sliced down the middle), handful of chopped coriander, 1 sheet of sushi nori (roasted seaweed), 4 cups hot water from the kettle (not boiling).
Ingredients
1 4-inch-square piece kombu
4 cups cold water
1 handful bonito flakes
1/2 cup diced silken tofu
2 Tablespoons shiro miso paste
Sliced scallions, for garnish
Optional: sliced wild mushrooms and baby spinach leaves, or really whatever else your little heart desires
5 cups water
3 oz soba noodles
2 Tbsp miso
3 oz baby spinach leaves
1 carrot, sliced thinly on the diagonal
3 mushrooms, sliced
1-2 tsp reduced-sodium soy sauce, to taste
1 scallion, thinly sliced on the diagonal
Black sesame seeds
In a stockpot or Dutch oven, bring the water to a boil over high heat. Remove 1 cup of the water in a glass measuring cup, and stir the miso into the measuring cup until it dissolves. Return the dissolved miso to the stockpot.
Add the soba, reduce heat to low, and cook for 2 minutes, stirring once or twice to make sure the noodles don’t stick to the bottom of the pot. Add spinach, carrot, mushrooms, soy and scallions, and cook for 2-3 minutes, until the noodles are cooked and the carrots are softened.
Ladle into individual soup bowls, and garnish with black sesame seeds.
Loaded Miso Soup
serves 4 as a main
6-oz package soba noodles
4 cups dashi, water or broth
4-5 tablespoons miso paste, to taste
4 baby bok choy, quartered lengthwise
2 tsp freshly grated ginger
4-oz shitake or white button mushrooms, cleaned, stems removed, sliced
3-oz firm tofu, cut into 1/2″ cubes
1/2 bell pepper, cut into 1/4″ strips
2 scallions, green parts only, chopped
toasted or black sesame seeds, optional