Easy Miso Soup
I’ve recently been doing more shopping at Costco and and found myself with a surplus of baby bella mushrooms that I didn’t know what to do with.
During the winter months I’m always searching for new ways to make delicious and healthy soups so decided that mushrooms and miso was the way to go.
You can pretty much put anything into a miso soup but if you’ve ever had it at a Japanese restaurant, it typically is a broth that comes with some scallions, a little tofu and sometimes seaweed in it.
Since I didn’t have scallions, tofu or seaweed, I went with mushrooms, onion and garlic and it turned out to be really tasty.
Why it’s healthy:
Miso is a fermented soybean paste, which makes it a great probiotic food.
Probiotic foods create good bacteria, which results in a healthier gut biome and helps with digestion and improved immune system functioning.
It’s also high in protein, calcium, Vitamin K, manganese and zinc.
Use this recipe as a base and add in whatever sounds good to you. The miso goes in at the end when everything else is already cooked (high heat kills the probiotics).
Ingredients:
4 cups of chicken or vegetable stock
1/2 cup chopped onion
3 cloves of chopped garlic
2 1/2 cups of baby bella mushrooms, rinsed and diced
1/4 cup miso paste
2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
Directions:
Heat olive oil in a medium saucepan on medium high heat.
Add onions and garlic and saute on medium to medium-low heat until they are soft (approximately 2 - 3 minutes).
Add the mushrooms and vegetable stock and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium low and simmer on a low boil for approximately 3 minutes while the mushrooms cook.
Turn off the heat and add the miso paste. Stir until the paste dissolves and serve.
This was a really basic soup that we made as an appetizer before our meal and it was super fast and easy to make.
If you want to make the soup a full meal, consider adding additional vegetables (e.g. carrots, kale, peas) and an additional protein source (e.g. shrimp, chicken, tofu).
It will take longer to cook as you’ll need to consider cook times for any additional vegetables and/or proteins.
