Easy Miso Soup

• servings: 2 servings
• active time: 5 minutes
• total time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups water

1 dashi packet (or dashi powder, click the link to check the measurements; for vegan/vegetarian, make Vegan Dashi) (about 1 teaspoon per cup if using powder)

1 green onion/scallion

2 Tbsp miso (any type of miso you like; I like Hikari Miso brand)

½ Tbsp dried wakame seaweed

¼ block soft/silken tofu (kinugoshi dofu)

Directions

Gather all the ingredients. My son and I developed this recipe together, specifically for college students or anyone with an electric pot. You also could use a regular saucepan on the stove.If you're interested in making dashi from scratch and learning more about miso soup, please follow my Homemade Miso Soup recipe.

Thinly slice 1 green onion/scallion.

Cut ¼ block soft/silken tofu (kinugoshi dofu) into small cubes.

Add 2 cups water and 1 dashi packet to a saucepan on the stovetop or an electric pot. Cover with a lid and bring it to a boil on medium heat. If you're using dashi powder, bring water to a boil. Add the powder to boiling water and it's ready to use.

Shake the dashi packet with your chopsticks to release more flavor into the stock. Once the stock reaches a boil, remove the dashi packet.

Add the tofu cubes and ½ Tbsp dried wakame seaweed.

Turn off the heat. Completely dissolve 2 Tbsp miso in a ladleful of stock, then stir it into the broth. You can also use a miso muddler or fine-mesh miso strainer to dissolve the paste. Bring the miso soup to a bare simmer, then turn off the heat. DO NOT let the miso soup boil.

To Serve

Serve immediately in individual miso soup bowls and garnish with sliced green onions.

Place on the right side of the table setting; you can read about this in my post Ichiju Sansai (One Soup Three Dishes).

To Store

It‘s best to consume all the miso soup right away because it will lose its aroma and taste as time passes. Let the soup cool to room temperature and then store in an airtight container for up to 2 days in the refrigerator. You can freeze miso soup for up to 2 weeks, but remove the tofu as its texture changes when frozen. Reheat in a pot over medium heat until just hot, but do not boil it. Miso loses its nutrients, flavor, and aroma at high temperatures.

Nutrition

• Calories: 59 kcal
• Total Fat: 2 g
• Saturated Fat: 0.3 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 1.4 g
• Sodium: 478 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1 g
• Total Sugars: 2 g
• Protein: 4 g