Simple Miso Soup

My kids love miso soup & I have been buying the packets miso soup to cook until my friend Angie, introduced me to the ingredients for miso soup. Ever since then I have been cooking my own miso soup.  They are easy to prepare & taste yummy!!! A good soybean paste will make your soup taste wonderful!!

Ingredients at a glance. 

Add soybean paste into the boiled bonito stock.

Pour the soup into the serving bowl with sliced leeks.

Simple Miso Soup

Ingredients 

Bonito stock - I used the 1 sachet & add water about 1 litre

2 tbsp soybean paste ( or more ) 

Some seaweeds for soup - soaked & cut small 

1 Leek - thinly sliced

1 block soft tofu for soup / steaming - diced. I did not use tofu in today's soup. 

Preparation steps: 

1. In a pot add the water & bonito powder. Bring to boil. 

2. Lower the heat. Add the seaweeds & soybean paste & tofu. Simmer for 10 mins. 

3. Place the leeks in the serving bowls & pour soup over the leeks. 

Voilà! 

Chin's notes:

1. Soybean paste is salty, do adjust according to your preferrence. Add more water if the soup is too salty. 

2. You can also use white radish, thinly sliced.

3. I do not cook my leeks cos I like them a little raw. 

4. There are 2 different types of soybean paste white / dark brown.