Mild Miso Soup
- 3 cups water
- 6 scallions, including greens, chopped
- 6 dried shiitake mushrooms
- 6 wafer-thin slices peeled fresh ginger
- 1 large carrot, peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons yellow or red miso
- 1/2 cup cubed firm tofu
- Put the water in a large saucepan.
- Add 3/4 of the scallions, reserving the rest.
- Add the mushrooms, ginger and carrot.
- Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, cover, and turn the heat down to medium-low.
- Simmer until the vegetables are soft, about 30 minutes.
- Strain the broth through a fine sieve.
- Remove the mushrooms from the sieve and reserve.
- Discard the remaining vegetables.
- Return the broth to the saucepan over low heat.
- Thinly slice the mushrooms and add them to the broth along with the remaining scallions.
- Stir in the miso thoroughly, never allowing the mixture to boil.
- Stir in the tofu.
- Serve warm.
water, scallions, shiitake mushrooms, fresh ginger, carrot
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/mild-miso-soup-recipe.html (may not work)