Miso soup is a Japanese soup made with fermented soybeans. It’s a popular dish in Japan and around the world. It’s also one of my favorite things to make because it’s not too complicated to prepare. It’s essentially just a bean paste, but it has an incredibly rich taste. Add some chunks of tofu, vegetables or noodles to make a quick healthy meal – which is also suitable for vegans.
Traditional miso soup is made with dashi – which is a Japanese sea broth which includes dried fish flakes. If you are cooking for vegetarians or vegans, or if you are in a rush or can’t get the traditional ingredients, you can always use a clear vegetable stock as the base. It won’t taste quite the same, but it still makes for a delightful soup.
There are different types of miso paste available which you can use in soup and the one you choose will largely be dependent on what you can buy locally and which you prefer. When we can, we choose the white miso paste as it has a slightly milder flavour – however part of the fun in cooking is trying new things so if you can, get a few different pastes and see which you and your family prefer.
While miso soup can be a quick and easy soup to make, don’t overlook the benefits of it!
Miso Soup Recipes
We’ve shared some great miso soup recipes with you below. Many of these can be varied and adapted, depending on what you have in your store cupboard and what type of meal you are after. Serve up the miso noodles, vegetable or rice to make a substantial evening’s meal.
Here are some of our favourite miso soup recipes in a variety of styles.
How to Make Miso Soup from Scratch
This step by step recipe guide shows us how to make miso soup from scratch using traditional Japanese ingredients, including how to make dashi for the soup.
Five Ingredient Vegan Miso Soup Recipe
In this recipe we learn how to make a miso soup which is suitable for vegans using only 5 ingredients. This soup is made using a vegetable stock as the base.
Guide to Miso Soup with Three Miso Recipes
This is a highly informative video for anyone wanting to learn how to make miso soup. Not only are we shown how to make miso soup, we also learn about the different types of miso best for this type of meal.
Miso Soup With Poached Egg
This is a superquick recipe to make a miso broth with vegetables and noodles – and topped with a poached egg. This is not only tasty, it takes just minutes to make!
More Miso Soup Recipes
And there are plenty more miso soup recipes we enjoy including:
Root Vegetable Creamy Miso Soup Recipe
There a whole plethora of different ways to use miso in your soup making. While most of the recipes we’ve seen up to now have followed traditional-ish lines, this one is a little different as it contains cream. This is definitely worth trying when you are looking for a tasty and satisfying soup.
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Tomato Miso Soup Recipe
Miso can be used as a stock for a whole variety of soup types, as we see with the tomato miso soup recipe. Why not experiment with adding a dab of miso to your favourite soup recipes and see how it tastes?
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Traditional Miso Soup
This is a quick to make miso soup which uses authentic ingredients including a tasty dashi broth.
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What is Miso and How is it Used?
If you fancy having a go at miso soup, but you’re not sure what it is, check out this video below where you will learn how the fermented soy paste is both tasty and good for you!
And this video below shows five ways to make traditional Japanese dashi which is at the heart of authentic miso soup dishes.
