Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Turnip and Maitake Miso Soup

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Turnip and Maitake Miso Soup. Super yummy Miso soup idea :D. It will make perfect baby food puree, too!!! Cut round slices of turnip and carrot into quarters.

Turnip and Maitake Miso Soup Miso soup (味噌汁, misoshiru) is a traditional Japanese soup consisting of a dashi stock into which softened miso paste is mixed. We had enjoyed a delicious miso soup at a Sushi restaurant in Cleveland,OH and I was trying to come close to that. We actually thought this one was I grew up eating miso soup made various ways. You can cook Turnip and Maitake Miso Soup using 5 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Turnip and Maitake Miso Soup

  1. You need 4 of Turnips.
  2. You need 1/2 packages of Maitake mushrooms.
  3. It's 1 of Daikon radish sprouts.
  4. You need 50 of grams, (to taste) Awase miso (or your favorite red or white miso).
  5. Prepare 900 ml of Dashi stock.

This is a good basic miso soup. I always use Shiro Miso, which is a white miso (less salty) than the Aka. This soup is bursting with miso flavor and delivers the perfect amount of tofu and seaweed in each bite. The savory miso combined with sweet honey and peppery turnips is pure magic.

Turnip and Maitake Miso Soup instructions

  1. Peel the turnip skin, and slice to about 1 cm thickness. Shred the maitake mushrooms by hands. Boil the dashi stock, and add the turnips. Once it's boiled again, turn down the heat to low and skim the scum on the surface. Add the maitake to the pot and dissolve the miso into the soup. Turn the heat off once the miso is dissolved..
  2. Serve the soup in a soup bowl, sprinkle the radish sprouts on the top, and it's done..

Wild Maitake mushrooms are available in the late summer through late fall, while the cultivated versions are available year-round. Maitake mushrooms, botanically classified as Grifola frondosa, are edible mushrooms that are both foraged and cultivated for culinary and medicinal use. Miso Soup or Misoshiru (味噌汁) is a Japanese soup that can accompany a bowl of rice for any meal of the day, however, it's a staple of Japanese breakfasts. It's made with dashi, miso, and solid ingredients such as vegetables, tofu, and seaweed. Maitake Noodle Bowls - Recipe - FineCooking.