Japanese

Tofu to Negi no Miso Shiru (Tofu and Scallion Miso Soup)

Name: Tofu to Negi no Miso Shiru (Tofu and Scallion Miso Soup)
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 4 cups dashi stock; 3 tbsp white miso paste; 1/2 block soft tofu; 3 scallions

Yuki @yuki_1993

Tofu to Negi no Miso Shiru (Tofu and Scallion Miso Soup) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On the plate it is the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

10 min Easy Low sodium Pescatarian Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

4 cups dashi stock
3 tbsp white miso paste
1/2 block soft tofu
3 scallions

How to cook it

Bring the dashi to a gentle simmer and add the cubed tofu.
Whisk a ladle of the hot dashi into the miso until smooth, then stir it back into the pot without letting it boil hard.
Ladle into bowls and top with sliced scallions.

Watch how to cook Tofu to Negi no Miso Shiru (Tofu and Scallion Miso Soup)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Miso Soup with Tofu and Onion - Japanese Cooking 101 Play the video

Serve it with

A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Tofu to Negi no Miso Shiru (Tofu and Scallion Miso Soup), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Buri Daikon (Yellowtail and Daikon Simmer)
  
  30 min
The cooked vegetable
- Agedashi Tofu (Fried Tofu in Dashi Sauce)
  
  20 min
What it is eaten with
- Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
  
  45 min
The sharp little thing
- Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger)
  
  2 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Tofu to Negi no Miso Shiru (Tofu and Scallion Miso Soup) carries soy and fish. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Tofu to Negi no Miso Shiru (Tofu and Scallion Miso Soup)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	Yes	Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
Fish	Yes	Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 50 kcal
Protein: 5 g
Carbs: 4 g
Fat: 2 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 410 mg
Saturated fat: 0 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Tofu to Negi no Miso Shiru (Tofu and Scallion Miso Soup) takes about 10 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.