Best Tofu Soup Recipe With Wakame Seaweed Recipes
TOFU SOUP RECIPE WITH WAKAME SEAWEED
Wakame seaweed is a very common ingredient found in Japanese soups, especially the famous miso soup. Here, it brings the fresh taste of the ocean to this tofu soup as well as provide a good dose of iodine.Other healthy ingredients such as fresh carrot, leek, shiitake mushrooms and silken tofu makes this a hearty and healthy dish. The recipe uses chicken stock but you can replace it with vegetable stock if you want to make this a vegetarian soup dish. Make sure you choose a stock that is light and clear. Removing silken tofu from its box can be tricky. Score the sides of the plastic sheet top with a knife. Lift the sheet up. Cover the top of the box with a flat plate and invert. Press the bottom of the box gently to dislodge the tofu.
Provided by abbynkt
Categories Clear Soup
Time 15m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Wash the leek and slice it thinly at an angle, creating a more interesting shape.
- Wash, peel and slice the carrot thinly at an angle. You can cut a couple of grooves along the side of the carrot before slicing. It produces a nice flower shape.
- Soak, wask and slice the mushrooms.
- Soak the wakame seaweed in water for a few minutes. Drain.
- Remove tofu carefully from the box. Cut into small cubes.
- Bring the soup stock to a boil in a pot.
- Add the leek, carrot and shiitake mushrooms.
- Bring soup back to a boil and simmer for 2 minutes.
- Add the wakame seaweed and tofu cubes.
- Stir in the salt and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Add the sesame oil and spring onions.
- Serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 162.6, Fat 7, SaturatedFat 1.3, Sodium 2879.9, Carbohydrate 15.2, Fiber 2.4, Sugar 5.5, Protein 10.2
MISO SOUP WITH TOFU AND SEAWEED
Steps:
- For the dashi stock: Combine the cold water and kombu in a medium pot. Place the pot over medium heat; as the water comes to a simmer, you'll see tiny bubbles start to form on the bottom of the pot. Do not let the water come to a boil; it should remain at a low simmer. Remove the kombu.
- Once the water starts to simmer gently, sprinkle in the bonito flakes. Let the flakes steep without stirring for 1 to 2 minutes. Turn off the heat and strain the mixture through a cheesecloth-lined sieve into another medium pot. You should have about 4 cups of dashi stock.
- For the miso soup: To reconstitute the wakame seaweed, place 1 cup hot water in a medium bowl and sprinkle in the wakame; let it soak for about 2 minutes. Rinse the wakame under cold water, squeeze out the water with your hands and then chop the wakame.
- Heat the dashi stock over medium-low heat until just under a simmer. Add the wakame and allow to cook and intermingle for about 5 minutes.
- Submerge a small sieve into the saucepan until the rim is just above the stock. Add 1/4 cup of the miso to the sieve and use a wooden spoon to work the miso through the sieve into the soup; this will prevent lumps from forming. Stir well and taste the soup -- if it's not salty enough, add additional miso.
- Add the tofu and scallions and let them cook in the broth just until warmed through, about 1 minute.
MISO SOUP WITH TOFU AND WAKAME
I have been enjoying Miso Soup at Japanese restaurants for years, and finally decided to research and make it at home. A few notes that may be helpful to some - it was to me as I am just beginning to learn more about Asian cooking...wakame is a sea vegetable, or edible seaweed. You can substitute thinly sliced Chinese mushrooms for the wakame if you like. Dashi is a class of soup and cooking stocks considered fundamental to Japanese cooking. The dashi was hard for me to find (I am in the deep south) you can substitute a clear broth if needed. Dashida beef flavored, clam flavored or anchovy flavored soup stock for making Korean soups, I have found is also a suitable substitute and easier for me to find where I am.
Provided by Southern Sugar Dump
Categories Japanese
Time 40m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- 1. Reconstitute the wakame be letting it sit in a small bowl of tap water for 15-20 minutes. Drain.
- 2. Heat the dashi over medium heat, then add the miso. Stir until miso is dissolved. DO NOT BOIL THE MISO. It shouldn't be cooked, just heated.
- 3. Add the tofu and wakame. Heat to a simmer and serve at once, garnished with the scallions.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 52.2, Fat 1.8, SaturatedFat 0.3, Sodium 643.4, Carbohydrate 5.9, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 1.6, Protein 3.5
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