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Miso Soup

Miso Soup

Preparation time 10 minutes

Total time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

1 L 4 cups water
7 g ⅓ cup dried shiitake mushrooms (about 75 mL)
125 mL ½ cup silken tofu, cut into 1-cm cubes
60 mL ¼ cup miso
1 green onions, finely chopped

Directions

In a saucepan, combine water and dried mushrooms. Heat until simmering, remove, cover and infuse for 20 minutes.
Add tofu and heat for a few minutes over medium heat. Add miso to broth and stir until it dissolves.
Pour soup into bowls and garnish with green onion.

Chef’s Secret

The traditional way to dissolve miso in soup and prevent it from clumping is to use a fine sieve. Place the miso in the sieve, rest its bottom in the broth and press the miso with the back of a spoon.