Whip Up Authentic Japanese Miso Soup in Just 10 Minutes at Sashimi BBQ Garden

More than just a beauty and youth secret, Miso soup is a longevity elixir for the Japanese.

Miso Soup – the Japanese Secret to Longevity

At Sashimi BBQ Garden, a Japanese eatery tucked behind Tran Duy Hung Street, alongside sushi and sashimi, Miso soup is a cherished favorite. Widely consumed on Okinawa Island in southern Japan – one of the regions with the highest life expectancies in Japan – Miso soup is considered a longevity treasure, preserving youthfulness for the Japanese.

Miso Soup – The Culinary Elixir for Japanese Longevity

Not just for its light, refreshing, sweet yet rich taste, a bowl of Miso soup is like an awakening. In prominent establishments like Sashimi BBQ Garden, Miso soup is crafted intricately with seaweed, tofu, sweet potatoes, assorted mushrooms, and complemented with various vegetables, roots, fruits, or meats and fish.

Miso soup at Sashimi BBQ Garden

Learn the art of making Miso soup at home from the kitchen of Sashimi BBQ Garden

Ingredients for Making Miso Soup for 4 Servings

+50g dried seaweed

+ 3 tablespoons miso paste

+ 1 teaspoon dashi stock powder (you can buy ready-made dashi stock powder or make dashi stock liquid following the instructions below)

+ 200g tofu, cut into 1.25cm square pieces

+ Seasonings, green onions

The chef at Sashimi BBQ Garden spills the beans, revealing that the key to delicious Miso soup lies in dashi and miso paste. In Japanese tradition, Miso soup always features dashi fish stock powder and miso paste— a Japanese condiment primarily made from soybeans, rice, barley, fermented with salt and koji mold, resulting in a thick, savory sauce used for making miso soup and sauces.

The head chef at Sashimi BBQ Garden also suggests that if obtaining Miso paste and dashi directly from Japan is not feasible, you can find ready-made Miso paste and dashi at Japanese supermarkets.

Image of a ready-made dashi powder packet

How to Cook Miso Soup:

Step 1: Soak the seaweed

Take a large bowl, cut the dried seaweed into bite-sized pieces, then soak in water for about 10 minutes. This step should be prepared first before starting to cook. Afterward, rinse thoroughly to remove any sand (if present) and let it drain.

Step 2: Dissolve miso in water and bring to a boil in a pot. Mix dashi with boiling water, then take ¾ of the mixed dashi and pour it into the miso, stirring until the mixture is completely dissolved

Soak seaweed until it expands, then dissolve miso and dashi in water.

Step 3: Add tofu and seaweed to the boiling miso pot, bring to a boil again. Then add the pre-mixed miso and dashi water, bring to a boil again. Finally, season with green onions, turn off the heat, ladle into a bowl, and savor.

Finally, season with green onions, turn off the heat, ladle into a bowl, and savor.

Advice from the chef at Sashimi BBQ Garden: This Miso soup is best enjoyed while hot. Simultaneously, it captivates diners with the natural flavors of the fifth taste called Umami - the essence of dashi.

Quick tip on making dashi stock from Sashimi BBQ Garden

Ingredients: 1 liter water, 20g dried seaweed, 20g shredded dried bonito, 50ml lukewarm water, filtering cloth

How to make:

Soak seaweed thoroughly for about 2 hours, then rinse it off. Boil the seaweed in cold water until it's about to boil, then scoop it out. Add cool water to cool it down and reduce the water content.

Soak the seaweed well and then boil it in cold water until it's almost boiling, then scoop it out

Mix grated fish, soak for 15 minutes for the fish to absorb water and sink to the bottom. Use a filter cloth to filter and press gently to remove all the fish essence.

Soak the grated fish directly in the seaweed boiling water, then filter and take the clear water

Now you have a bowl of ready-to-use flavorful dashi broth for delicious miso soup. Note: Do not soak for more than 5 hours to avoid bitterness in seaweed. Enjoy the enticing Miso soup from Sashimi BBQ Garden's kitchen! Also, if you want to explore more Japanese flavors like sushi and sashimi, don't forget to reserve a table through PasGo for an instant 20% discount.

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Sashimi BBQ Garden - 2B Nguyen Thi Thap, Cau Giay

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Lily Smith

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