| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
|
Chinese |
Soups |
4 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 2 |
|
Carrots, sliced |
| 1/4 |
c |
Fresh garlic chives, minced |
| 3 |
|
Fresh lovage or celery |
|
|
leaves |
| 3 |
|
Romaine lettuce or Swiss |
|
|
chard leaves torn into |
|
|
pieces |
| 4 |
|
Dried cloud ear or shiitake |
|
|
mushrooms |
| 1 |
|
6 inch piece dried arame |
|
|
dulse or tombu seaweed |
|
|
package |
| 1 |
|
Fresh or dried hot red |
|
|
pepper |
| 2 |
T |
Rice wine vinegar |
| 1 |
qt |
Water |
| 1 |
c |
Dry white wine |
| 1 |
t |
Dark sesame oil |
| 1/2 |
lb |
Firm tofu, cut into 1/2-inch |
|
|
Pieces |
| 2 |
T |
Rice or barley miso sauce |
|
|
Garlic chive leaves, for |
|
|
garnish |
|
|
Garlic chive flowers, for |
|
|
garnish |
|
|
dd the tofu and mushrooms and simmer for 5 minutes, dd the tofu and mushrooms and simmer for 5 minutes. Dissolve |
INSTRUCTIONS
In a large heavy pot, combine all the ingredients above the line.
Bring to a boil, then cover, lower the heat to medium-low, and simmer
for 30 minutes. Remove the mushrooms and slice thinly, discarding the
tough portions. Strain the broth and return it to the pan. the miso in
a small amount of the broth, stir it into the soup, then immediately
remove the pot from the heat. Garnish with minced garlic chive leaves
and serve at once. Substitution for the Chinese garlic chives: 1 clove
garlic and twice as much volumn of fresh chives. Posted to MC-Recipe
Digest V1 #198 Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 15:01:20 -0700 (PDT) From: PatH
<phannema@wizard.ucr.edu> NOTES : This recipe makes one Japanese Miso
- a seawood and mushroom= flavored vegetable broth. Strain the broth
and return mushrooms to pot. = Then add tofu, Chinese chives, and agar
(a thickener made from seaweed).=20 Quick soup: check the import
section of the grocery. Buy 1 envelop= (or box) Japanese Miso with
Mushroom. Make according to package directions.= Taste and add red
pepper flakes and a little rice vinegar to taste. Add= tofu and heat
through. The packaged soup contains the agar to thicken the= broth.
Do add Chinese chive. (I've used society garlic - well cleaned.)
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