What exactly is miso soup?
Miso soup is a well established daily ritual in Japanese houses. For most families, Tokyo breakfast will consist of a bowl of the good stuff along with some fish, rice and pickles. Some people will eat 3 – 5 bowls per day as an accompanient to their main meals and as a warming drink. Miso Soup Ingredients It goes without saying that miso soup contains miso – we’ll come to that in a minute. The other items that you include are largely up to you and your personal taste. A key component that is necessary, however, is dashi – Japanese fish stock. This can be made or you can buy it in granular form at local supermarkets. In the West, shops specializing in oriental food goods will usually carry a supply of dashi. Items that are commonly found in miso soup are fresh and fried tofu, shitake mushrooms, green onion, and seaweed. You can have meat, seafood or vegetarian miso soup – it is entirely up to you. Miso paste is usually made from soybeans, salt and a yeast mold known in Japanese as ‘koji
