Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, 'tonjiru' pork miso soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Tonjiru (豚汁) is a hearty miso soup with pork slices and vegetables. Packed with loads of vegetables and a small amount of pork, tonjiru is quite filling but you will be surprised to know the calories in tonjiru are low. Tonjiru is a savory pork and vegetable miso soup with an excellent source of B vitamins, fiber, and minerals and it's nourishing and oh-soul-fulfilling!
'Tonjiru' Pork Miso Soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. 'Tonjiru' Pork Miso Soup is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook 'tonjiru' pork miso soup using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make 'Tonjiru' Pork Miso Soup:
- Make ready Step 1
- Take 1 Burdock root
- Make ready 1/2 Konnyaku
- Make ready 1 Carrot
- Make ready 2 Onion
- Prepare 5 cm thickness Daikon radish
- Make ready 150 grams Sweet potato or other types of potatoes
- Make ready 150 grams Thin sliced pork or pork belly
- Make ready Step 3
- Prepare 800 ml Water
- Prepare 4 tbsp Miso
- Take 1 tbsp Sake
- Take Step 4
- Get 1 tbsp Gochujang
This is often served with steamed or multigrain rice. This soup is also popularly served at Tonkatsu restaurants. Due to the slow simmering of the pork, there is a depth of flavour to the soup that is full of umami deliciousness. Tonjiru (sometimes called Butajiru) is a hearty pork and vegetable miso soup.
Instructions to make 'Tonjiru' Pork Miso Soup:
- Cut the burdock into long thin shavings and soak in water.
- Tear the konnyaku pieces by hands. Cut the carrot to half moons, slice and quarter the daikon, roughly chop the sweet potato and thinly slice the onion.
- Boil water in a big pot, and cook all the vegetables briefly, soak in cold water, then drain.
- Boil water again in a big pot to cook the bite-sized pork quickly, and put it aside.
- Put all the vegetables into a pot. Add water and boil from water. When the vegetables are cooked through, add half of miso and sake.
- Return the pork into the pot with the vegetables and once it comes to the boil, add the rest of miso, sake and gochujang. When it boils again, it is done.
- Turn off the heat. Leave to cool for about an hour for the flavors to meld.
- At home, when I put red miso in Step 5, I also add 1 tablespoon of mirin to add sweetness and mildness to the soup.
When I was in college, I used to make a big pot of this pork and vegetable miso soup and ate it throughout the week. Recipe Pin It I've told you guys before about my tonjiru (豚汁) before, with big chunks of pork belly and vegetables, it's more like a hearty pork and miso stew than. Tonjiru (or Butajiru) is a kind of Miso Soup with pork and a lot of root vegetables such as Gobo (burdock root) and carrot. Even though it is a Miso soup, Tonjiru tastes very different from ordinary Miso Soup. Tonjiru has a distinct pork flavor and strong taste from Gobo.
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