Sunday, May 9, 2010

My Korean Tofu Miso Soup


Korean miso soup is like 3 times more potent than the Japanese version so be prepared. Geri, Teren and Wendell all ended up coughing after tasting the first spoonful; in fact Teren sprayed the whole dining room table.

I got this from Palama Market. I can only best decribe it as an anchovy dashi.
Put 1/4 cup of the dashi into 13 cups of water, set on medium heat.
Add 3 beef boullion cubes.
This red chili paste (kochujang) is also from Palama Market. I asked a customer there to tell me which one was her favorite and she chose this one for me. Add 1/4 cup to the broth.
I guess you should be using Korean miso for this soup, but I already had a tub of this in my fridge so I used this miso instead. Add 1 1/2 cups.
Add one zucchini, 1/2 onion and some chives. The recipe I was following called for green onions, but I had these chives so I used them instead.
Add two tubs of cut up tofu. Transfer your soup to a bigger pot and add 3 pounds of thinly sliced beef. It turned out to be kinda a lot of meat so you might not need that much. Simmer. And that's it! Pretty simple yeah!

6 comments:

Betty Townsend said...

Your soup looks really good. I wonder how it would be without the chili paste? But then it wouldn't be Korean, huh?

jalna said...

Betty, the soup was so flavorful, I think it still would be good without the chili paste.

Leslie's pics said...

oooh, looks yummy!

jalna said...

Les, good, but not as good as your mushroom soup.

Rick Nakama REALTOR RB-20356 said...

I have miso, tofu & round onion in my refrigerator. I think I'll make miso soup tonight!

jalna said...

Rick, knowing what a great cook you are, I'm sure you'll come up with a really ono miso soup.