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Magical Miso Soup
August 14, 2013

Traditional Miso Soup is easy to prepare.  Its health benefits are legendary, making chicken soup pale in comparison.

Ideally, buy an unpasteurised, organic miso eg brown rice miso. It’s more expensive but lasts a very long time and has fantastic health promoting qualities.

Magical Miso Soup

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups of water
  • 5 cm dried wakame or kombu
  • 4 – 5 shitake mushrooms, sliced thin (or use 7 or 8 pieces of dried shitake)
  • 200g, firm tofu, cubed (optional – if using buy authentic tofu)
  • ¼ cup watercress if available
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons miso per cup of water
  • 2 – 3 spring onions, minced (optional)

Directions:

  1. Soak wakame or kombu for 5 minutes until soft, then slice thinly.
  2. Add mushrooms and tofu and bring to a boil.
  3. Lower flame to simmer and cook for 3 – 5 minutes.
  4. Add watercress if available
  5. Dilute the miso in a small amount of water and add to the soup.
  6. Simmer for 2 – 3 minutes.
  7. Garnish with spring onions.

Andrea Beaman Recipe
Variations:

  • To add more sustenance, add to the soup:
  • sautéed onions with carrot & celery or
  • Add 2 handfuls of chopped kale or spinach at the end to wilt or
  • a cooked whole grain in at the end or
  • all of the above!

Now you have the Miso, use it in dressings and marinades.  Then add it to rice or quinoa, baked potato with herbs – just use your imagination.

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