Chicken And Mushroom Miso Soup Recipes

MISO SOUP RECIPE (WITH CHICKEN, NOODLES, SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS)

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a Dutch oven/soup pot over medium-high heat. Add chicken and brown on both sides, approximately 2 minutes, but don't cook through. Remove to a plate.
• Add one tablespoon olive oil to now empty pot and heat over medium high heat. Add onions and carrots and sauté 3 minutes. Add mushrooms, ginger and garlic and sauté for 1 minute.
• Add chicken BACK TO POT followed by chicken broth, soy sauce, rice vinegar, rice wine, and chili paste. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium-low and gently simmer for 10 minutes or until chicken is tender enough to shred. Remove chicken and shred when cool enough to handle. Continue to simmer soup without chicken if you like more tender mushrooms.
• Add ¼ cup miso paste to a medium bowl. Add a ladleful of hot broth then whisk until the miso is completely dissolved. Set aside.
• Add rice noodles and bell peppers to pot. Simmer 2 minutes then turn off heat. Add bok choy, shredded chicken and entire miso mixture. Cover pot just until noodles are al dente and bok choy is wilted, 1-2 minutes.
• Do NOT simmer/boil the soup with the miso, as the miso will become gritty.

CHICKEN MISO SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken thighs in a large pot and season generously with oregano, salt, and pepper. Add bay leaves and miso paste. Fill pot with water and bring to a rolling boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook until thighs are no longer pink in the centers and juices run clear, 30 to 45 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Remove thighs and bay leaves from the pot. Tear meat off the bones and chop. Discard bones and bay leaves and return meat to the pot. Reduce heat to medium-low; add celery, carrots, and dill. Stir and add butternut squash, cabbage, and turnip. Cook, 5 to 10 minutes more.
• Add leek, bell pepper, and jalapeno pepper to the pot. Cook until squash and turnip are soft, about 30 minutes more. Add salt to taste.

CHICKEN MUSHROOM MISO SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium sauce pan bring water or chicken broth to a boil.
• Add ingredients chicken trough the mushrooms. Reduce the heat to a gentle simmer and remove from heat. In one cup hot water whisk in the miso paste - so it thins out a bit (this step is to avoid clumping). Stir this back into the pot along with the tofu.
• Taste, and then add more miso, salt, soy a bit at a time until it is to your liking.
• Remove from the heat, and let it sit for just a minute or so. Garnish with scallions and or Sesame oil, Kimchi to taste if using.

HEARTY SHIITAKE MUSHROOM AND MISO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large soup pot over medium heat add the scallion white parts, ginger, garlic, and sesame oil. Cook for 1 minute and add 8 cups water. Rinse the kombu and add it to the pot along with the bonito flakes. Bring it to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes - do not let it boil. Remove the kombu and set it aside. Add the dried mushrooms and miso to the pot and let it simmer gently for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the mushrooms are hydrated and tender. Add the bok choy and simmer until it is tender, about 10 minutes. Add the tofu and cook for another 5 minutes. Ladle into bowls and garnish with the reserved green parts of scallions.

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN RAMEN WITH BOK CHOY AND MISO

Steps:

• Put the chicken legs in a 5- to 8-quart slow cooker, and crumble the miso on top. Add the scallions, garlic cloves, shiitake mushrooms (if using) and 6 cups water. Stir well to combine. Cook until the chicken is tender, at least 4 hours and up to 6 hours on low. If it's more convenient, you can let the slow cooker switch to warm after 6 hours. The soup will hold on warm for about another 2 hours before the chicken begins to dry out.
• Switch the heat to high. With a slotted spoon, remove the chicken, scallions, garlic and shiitakes, and place in a bowl. Set aside to cool. Stir in kombu, bok choy, tamari and mirin. Cover and let cook until the bok choy is wilted and tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove and discard the kombu. Coarsely shred chicken meat into the soup, discarding the skin, bone, scallions, garlic and shiitakes. Taste the soup and whisk in a few more spoonfuls of miso or tamari, if desired.
• Divide the noodles among 4 or 5 bowls, and ladle the soup on top. Top each with sliced scallion, a halved soft boiled egg, sesame seeds and a piece of nori.

MUSHROOM MISO SOUP

Steps:

• Make the dashi: Put kombu, dried shiitakes, soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar in a large soup pot. Add 6 cups cold water. Place over medium heat, allow the liquid to barely reach a boil, then reduce heat to low and let cook at a very slow simmer for about 30 minutes. Skim foam as necessary. Let cool to room temperature. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve and add salt to taste. (Dashi may be prepared up to 2 days in advance.)
• Put the sliced mushrooms in a bowl and drizzle with sesame oil and soy sauce. Add garlic and ginger and season with salt and pepper. Toss and let marinate for 10 minutes.
• Put dashi in a large soup pot over medium-high heat and bring to a simmer. Add mushroom mixture and cook gently for about 5 minutes, until the mushrooms are just tender.
• Remove 1/2 cup hot broth from pot and place in a small bowl. Stir in miso to dilute, then return miso-broth mixture to the pot. Taste and adjust seasoning. Once the miso has been added, do not let the soup boil.
• To serve, cut the tofu in half and place a 3-ounce chunk in each of two large bowls. Ladle 2 cups of hot soup over the tofu. Sprinkle with enoki mushroom tips, scallions, shiso, sunflower sprouts, nori, red pepper and toasted sesame seeds as desired.