| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 2/6/2007 2:13:16 PM | Does anyone have any idea how to make this?
I can find packs of miso paste in grocery stores, but no means of translating into a recipe to follow.
I also love the dressing used on salads in oriental restaurants serving miso soup with salad...
Any ideas on how to make the dressing?
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 2/6/2007 3:02:00 PM | Well, this is a significant adaptation...and puritans may cringe, but....
For a single serving, I take:
- about two tablespoons of miso paste (a bit more if I'm using the shiro),
- about 1.5 cups of broth (vegetable, chicken or beef--it's supposed to be a fish broth, but that's hard to find for me),
- a small hand-full of diced medium-firm or firm tofu,
- a little chopped green onion, and
- a hand-full of shredded Japanese seaweed.
Mix together and heat through, but do not allow to boil. I think that's about it. Amounts are subject to taste, so you may have to experiment a bit.
It's not perfect...but I find it does the trick. Good luck! | |
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 2/6/2007 3:17:24 PM | | if you can't find fish broth or stock, look for Knorr, fish bullion cubes,, I buy them when ever i find them and store in the freezer,, they last forever that way,, | |
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 2/6/2007 5:23:00 PM | Do what I did get a Japanese cookbook. There are many more interesting things in it than just Miso soup. There are two Oriental Stores on Erie Blvd in Syracuse/Dewitt. All the ingredients you need can be found and Wegman's carries a great selection of vegetables for using in Oriental cooking. When my partner and I had the restaurant we did not serve Miso much to my chagrin. We served suimono, seaweed broth, and Islander Bill's Mandarin chicken. (No noodles). Hate chicken noodle! Hope this helps and hope you may find a new hobby. Don't do blowfish and kill your friends though!
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 2/6/2007 6:14:12 PM | I just make some soup with miso paste. It's not authentic Japanese.
Chicken broth
tofu
shrimp or fish fillet (base, tapilia)
mushroom
green onion
sea weed
turn off heat
stir in paste until disappear
sesame oil
I make the salad dressing with Japanese rice vinegar. It's kind expensive. They usually cost $5 for a small bottle. Dont' use anything else. You can, but the result won't be the same.
Heat up vinegar just hot enough
add sugar to disovle
turn off heat
finely chopped garlic (and carrot optional)
Mabye I little of mirin will improve the flavor. But I never tried. I just add a litte saki or white wine. It's optional.
Again, it's my salad dressing. I have no idea about the recipe in Japanese restaurant. | |
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 2/6/2007 6:40:02 PM | | I understand that the secret to authentic miso soup is using fish stock. By boiling crab or lobster, you can simply save the broth by freezing it. | |
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 2/9/2007 1:20:14 PM | Tammee: love miso soup wer can I find that paste?
I see you're in BC.... T&T Supermarket or any Asian store sells the Miso paste.
Hiker: that's how I make my Miso Soup too !! :laugh: except I don"t use that much paste. | |
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 6/27/2007 11:43:48 AM | A friend gave me this recipe, which turns out great.
#1: Get some good RED miso paste, from a refrigerator.
#2: Get no Dashi (I think that is how it is spelled) for the fish stock. It is dry.
Just take about a half gallon of water, put in red miso paste (I generally use 2-3 tablespoons) and enough No Dashi to flavor it.... then I toss in some tofu, a little green onion, and some thin-sliced mushrooms. Sorry this isn't the GREATEST recipe, but that is basically how it is created, and it is amazingly good tasting. :-) I add more miso paste, to mine, and tend to make it more "hearty" than just a broth. :-) | |
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 6/27/2007 12:17:27 PM | Here's the dressing. I've never made it but found this recipe in a few places.
5 parts salad oil
3 parts soy sauce
2 parts vinegar
1 part sesame oil
black pepper to taste
roasted and ground sesame seeds according to your best judgment
grated fresh ginger, to taste
The quality of your ingredients, esp soy sauce and sesame oil, are critical to the final outcome. Yamasa soy sauce is good, and Kadoya sesame oil is also acceptable.
I'm used to it having quite a lot of ginger in it at my favorite sushi bar (Sushi Rock at Yonge and Eg in Tronno).
This one looks on paper like it's better:
2 cloves garlic -- coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon fresh ginger -- coarsely chopped
3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons sesame oil
3 tablespoons tahini
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
process garlic,ginger, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce and sesame oil in a food
processor until well combined. Add tahini pulse until dressing appears thick.
At this point, I add oil in a thin stream until dressing is emulsified. You
can add water, a tablespoon at a time if the dressing is too thick.
Here's another:
INGREDIENTS
1 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup honey
1 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/4 cup minced fresh ginger root
1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
DIRECTIONS
In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, honey, vinegar, sesame seeds, ginger, garlic, sesame oil and red pepper flakes. Serve as salad dressing.
My parents made miso soup a few times. It was never the same as the restaurant. I understand you have to make real fish stock and that it takes about 10 years to learn how to make it "just right".
At keast that's how it's it's explained in _Tampopo_
http://imdb.com/title/tt0092048/ | |
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:31:45 PM | I just made a miso soup last night....
Sauteed 1 shallot and about 1 tsp of ginger in a saucepan
Add 4 cups water
2 tbsp fish sauce
bring to high heat, gentle rolling boil
add chopped baby bok choy, maybe 1 cup
sliced mushrooms, maybe 1/4 cup
diced smoked tofu, maybe 1/2 cup
about a tbsp of dulce flakes, for flavour and iodine
sprinkle sesame oil (liberally because I like it)
while this comes close to a boil and the veggies cook, mix about 3 tbsp brown rice miso with warm water to make a smooth sauce to add to the soup.
Lower heat and add miso sauce. Turn off heat to not over cook the nutrients out of the miso.
Garnish with chopped scallions...... | |
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 6/30/2007 5:52:42 PM | I'm sure your local library has Japanese cookbooks.
Traditional miso soup does NOT have: chicken broth; shrimp or fish fillet; sesame oil; shallots; ginger; fish sauce; smoked tofu; bok choy; dulce flakes etc.
For a quick, simple and easy to make miso soup, buy the following, all of which will last forever (except the tofu):
- Ajinomoto brand "hon-dashi" for your fish stock
- red and/or white miso: look for brands without preservatives. It will keep for years in the fridge if sealed airtight. I tend to like red or a mix of red/white.
- optional: dried wakame seaweed
- fresh-pack tub of regular tofu. Second choice is Mori-nu Silken, in a retort pack that needs no refrigeration, and has a shelf life of about 6 months.
- minced green onions (scallions)
If you'd like to own a Japanese cookbook, I'd suggest anything by Shizuo Tsuji, or Elizabeth Ando's "Washoku".
If you have any questions, feel free to PM me. | |
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 1/27/2008 1:08:18 PM | | The paste can be located at T&T Supermarket. Look at the section where they sell asian food. They are in a plastic container. Good luck and enjoy. | |
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| Where to buy Miso Paste?
Posted: 1/27/2008 2:10:35 PM | There's a lot of Asian supermarkets out this way (Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese); the miso paste comes in a tub...about 16 oz. or 32 oz (like a tub of sour cream) and usually it's in the refrigerated section.
High in sodium, though, so check out the content (online) and there are many varieties in your local Asian market. | |
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 1/27/2008 3:52:53 PM | Any Asian supermarket has Miso and I've seen it in some supermarkets.
If you can't find it contact me and I'll send you some | |
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 1/28/2008 10:52:43 AM | | You can find miso in any asian supermarket.Trader joes has it.Making it home made is better than store bought miso. | |
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 1/28/2008 11:28:25 AM | | If I'm not mistaken miso paste is concentrated soya product. So I use is in any soup[ that I'm making, use it as a base with stock and go from there. | |
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 1/29/2008 11:17:51 AM | Miso soup is more than adding Miso paste to hot water. You might as well make it right if you're gonna make it.
It all comes down to the stock called Dashi. It takes mere minutes to make and well worth the effort.
You'll need two items to make Dashi:
Konbu - (a thick chunk of dried seaweed).
Bonito Flakes - ( Dried shaved fish).
Add a few pieces of Konbu to your water and bring to a boil. When at the boil, remove the Konbu and add a handful of Bonito flakes. Bring back to the boil and remove from heat immediately. After the Bonito flakes sink to the bottom strain the stock. You now have to basis for a wonderful Miso soup.
Now add your Miso paste and anything else you may want into the stock.
Remember to never let your Miso soup boil.
Try it, you'll be glad you did. | |
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| How can I make Miso soup at home?
Posted: 1/30/2008 2:15:48 AM | Miso is fermented soy paste. You can find it easily in most chinese food stores. But the best ones are in korean food stores. Miso is healthy for you since it is fermented. I never used fish stock or any kind of fish for miso soup.
Easiest way to make miso soup some miso, fresh spinach, thin slices of beef, thinly sliced onions or garlic and pepper if you prefer it. It is a great soup during the winter if you're sick. | |
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