Loaded Miso Soup

Loaded Miso Soup

Ingredients

Kombu (dried kelp)

Shiitake mushrooms

Miso

Carrots

Turnips

Ginger

Edamame

Silken tofu

Scallions.

Preparation

1. Bring 6 cups of water to a bare simmer and add one strip kombu; let it soak 10 minutes, then remove it and chop; set aside.

2. Meanwhile, sauté a handful of sliced shiitakes in oil until crisp.

3. Whisk a cup of the water with ½ cup miso in a bowl until smooth.

4. Pour the miso mix into the water and add ½ pound silken tofu along with some shredded carrots, turnip and ginger, the chopped kombu and about a handful of cooked, shelled edamame.

5. Let stand long enough to heat the tofu through, about a minute. Add some chopped scallions and the crisp shiitakes and serve.