Japanese Classic Miso Soup with Tofu Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup dried wakame a type of seaweed
- 1/4 cup shiro miso white fermented-soybean paste
- 6 cups Dashi
- 1/2 pound soft tofu drained and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced scallion greens
Instructions
Prepare wakame:
- Combine wakame with warm water to cover by 1 inch and let stand 15 minutes, or until reconstituted. Drain in a sieve.
Make soup:
- Stir together miso and 1/2 cup dashi in a bowl until smooth.
- Heat remaining dashi in a saucepan over moderately high heat until hot, then gently stir in tofu and reconstituted wakame.
- Simmer 1 minute and remove from heat.
- Immediately stir in miso mixture and scallion greens and serve.
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