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miso soup

Name: miso soup
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 4 cups dashi stock; 3 tablespoons miso paste; 100 grams tofu; 1/4 cup dried wakame seaweed; 2 tablespoons chopped green onions

Miso soup is a traditional Japanese soup made primarily from dashi stock and miso paste. It is a staple in Japanese cuisine, often served as a side dish during meals and valued for its comforting umami flavor and nutritional benefits.

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Japanese85%

Chinese15%

Ingredients

dashi stock
4 cups
miso paste
3 tablespoons
tofu
100 grams
wakame seaweed
1/4 cup dried
green onions
2 tablespoons chopped

Method

Steps not available

Origin Story

Miso soup has origins dating back to ancient Japan, evolving from fermented soybean paste used in Buddhist temple cuisine and becoming widely popular during the Edo period as a daily staple.

Culinary DNA

Ingredient ancestry breakdown

Japanese85%

ingredients+techniques

Chinese15%

ingredient_origin

Techniques

simmering soaking dissolving

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