A simple Japanese miso soup made with dashi, miso paste, soft silken tofu and fresh spring onions. Ready in around 15 minutes.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Serves: 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Course: Soup · Side Dish
Tags: Miso Soup · Japanese Recipes · Quick & Easy · Tofu Recipes · Soup
Ingredients
For the Soup
- 4 cups water
- 2 tsp dashi granules or homemade dashi
- 3 tbsp miso paste, yellow, white or red
- 1 x 225g pack silken tofu, diced
- 2 spring onions, sliced diagonally into 1.5cm pieces
Optional Additions
- Wakame seaweed
- Mushrooms
Method
1. Prepare the dashi
Add the water and dashi granules to a medium saucepan.
Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
2. Add the miso
Reduce the heat to medium.
Add the miso paste and whisk gently until completely dissolved into the broth.
3. Add the tofu and spring onions
Add the diced silken tofu and sliced spring onions.
Simmer gently for 2–3 minutes.
Avoid boiling the soup vigorously after adding the miso.
4. Serve
Ladle the hot miso soup into bowls.
Serve immediately.
Optional Variations
Add wakame seaweed or sliced mushrooms for extra texture and flavour.
