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Miso Soup
🇯🇵 Japanese Vegetarian

Miso Soup

🇯🇵 Japanese

Silky miso broth with soft tofu, wakame and spring onions — the everyday Japanese soup that starts almost every meal.

Prep 5 min Cook 10 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

  • Spring Onions2, thinly sliced
  • Tofu200 g soft, cubed
  • Kombu Dashi4 cups
  • Miso Paste3–4 tbsp
  • Wakame Seaweed2 tbsp dried

Optional extras

  • Saltpinch if needed
  • Soy Sauce1 tsp optional

Instructions

  1. 1

    Soak wakame in water until rehydrated; drain.

  2. 2

    Warm kombu dashi gently — do not boil hard.

  3. 3

    Add cubed tofu and wakame; heat through 2 minutes.

  4. 4

    Turn off heat; whisk in miso paste until dissolved (never boil after adding miso).

  5. 5

    Ladle into bowls and top with sliced spring onions.

Chef's tip

Boiling after miso goes in kills aroma and can make the soup cloudy and bitter.

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Watch how it's made

Video: 6 Ways to Make Delish Miso Soup - Revealing Secret Recipes! · on YouTube