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How to Make Authentic Japanese Miso Soup for a Nutritious Meal

How to Make Authentic Japanese Miso Soup for a Nutritious Meal

Miso soup is a traditional Japanese soup, often served in daily meals. The combination of miso paste, dashi broth, and fresh ingredients such as seaweed and tofu creates a delicious and nutritious soup. Let’s explore with Kamereo how to make authentic Japanese miso soup to enrich your family meals! 

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What is Miso Soup?

Miso soup, also known as soybean paste soup, is a traditional dish in Japanese cuisine, comprising main ingredients such as dashi broth, miso paste, and other components like tofu, wakame seaweed, and green onions. Additionally, depending on regional recipes, seasonality, and personal preferences, miso soup can also include other ingredients such as mushrooms, potatoes, onions, shrimp, fish, clams, mussels, and radishes.

Miso soup is often served as a main dish in Japanese breakfast, accompanied by rice, eggs, fish, and pickles. Besides, this soup is also served during lunch and dinner with more diverse and richer flavors.

Japanese miso soup combines the rich flavor of dashi with distinctive miso paste
Japanese miso soup combines the rich flavor of dashi with distinctive miso paste

Ingredients for Miso Soup

  • Soft tofu: 200g 
  • Dried seaweed: 3g 
  • Green onions: 2 stalks 
  • White miso paste: 2 tablespoons 
  • Dashi powder: 2 teaspoons
Quickly prepare miso soup with readily available ingredients
Quickly prepare miso soup with readily available ingredients

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How to Cook Delicious Authentic Japanese Miso Soup

To have a bowl of authentic Japanese miso soup, besides preparing all the ingredients, follow these 3 steps:

Preparing the Ingredients

  • First, cut the tofu into small, bite-sized squares. Next, wash the green onions and chop them finely. 
  • Then, heat 500ml of water with 2 teaspoons of dashi powder. 
  • While heating, stir well until the dashi powder completely dissolves in the water. 
  • Finally, take 1 tablespoon of hot dashi water and dissolve it with 2 tablespoons of miso paste to prepare for the soup cooking step.
Tofu is cut into small, bite-sized squares
Tofu is cut into small, bite-sized squares

Cooking Miso Soup

  • Add the dried seaweed and the diced tofu to the boiling dashi broth. 
  • Cook until the seaweed expands, then add the chopped green onions and 1 tablespoon of the dissolved miso paste to the pot. 
  • Stir the mixture well and bring it back to a boil to complete the soup.
Cook in sequence so that the ingredients blend together, creating the characteristic miso soup flavor
Cook in sequence so that the ingredients blend together, creating the characteristic miso soup flavor

Finished Product

With just a few simple steps, you’ll have a delicious and nutritious bowl of miso soup. This soup has a light flavor, is very good for health, and suits the taste of all family members.

Delicious, nutritious, and authentic Japanese-style miso soup
Delicious, nutritious, and authentic Japanese-style miso soup

Buy high-quality authentic Japanese miso soup ingredients at Kamereo

Kamereo is a wholesale food supply platform, a strategic partner of Gyomu Japan, providing high-quality, standard Japanese ingredients. A rigorous quality control process and modern storage facilities ensure that the products always meet the best standards. This allows F&B businesses to be confident in their input materials, especially the characteristic ingredients of Japanese cuisine like miso soup.

In addition, Kamereo helps businesses optimize their procurement process through comprehensive supply solutions and fast delivery. A diverse product catalog of over 3000 items allows businesses to work with a single partner, saving costs and time. This convenience facilitates supply chain management, especially in the increasingly competitive food market.

Kamereo: Source of standard Japanese miso soup ingredients, high quality, competitive prices
Kamereo: Source of standard Japanese miso soup ingredients, high quality, competitive prices

Furthermore, at Kamereo, customers can update product prices online and receive regular monthly price quotes, helping them track price changes and easily control their budget. Price transparency is one of the important factors that helps Kamereo build trust with customers, especially businesses in the food industry.

Notably, Kamereo also stands out with its flexible delivery service, supporting orders until 12 PM and receiving goods before 6 AM the next day. At the same time, we also provide a co-inspection policy upon receipt, ensuring the best product quality when it reaches customers.

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Conclusion 

Hopefully, this article has given you an overview of miso soup and how to prepare this dish. To experience the fullest flavor of miso soup, don’t forget to choose fresh ingredients at Kamereo. In addition, you can also refer to more cooking tips and other interesting information in our Food and Lifestyle section. 

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As a content writer with a deep passion for culinary culture, I constantly seek inspiration from real-life experiences and innovations in the F&B industry. I believe that cuisine is not merely a story of flavors but also a reflection of culture, creativity, and social trends. Through each article, I hope to provide readers with valuable information and inspiration on the Kamereo website.View Author posts