Starting off a sushi dinner with a steamy bowl of miso soup is a ritual I can't seem to break. The soft tofu and seaweed flavored with yummy miso makes for a comforting starter, and I'm benefiting my health to boot. While the soup is a standard on Japanese menus, there are plenty more uses for miso and a list of reasons to pick some up at the store.
Miso's high sodium content makes it an ideal salt substitute in meals. The flavor enhancer is made by fermenting soybeans with a B12-synthesizing bacteria, making it a good source of the vitamin, and one tablespoon of miso provides two grams of protein and has just 25 calories. The zinc and copper found in miso support the immune system and energy production.
You can find miso paste at many supermarkets, so pick some up and start including it in your recipes. Try using it to flavor soups, salad dressings, sauces, stir-fries, and marinades. Have you experimented with miso in your cooking?
Christian Louboutin
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i love miso soup!!
1I eat the soup like its going out of style. I actually really like Kikkoman's instant Miso soup believe it or not. Nice and light but equally filling.
2Yum. I might go get some of this now...
3Is miso a healthier alternative to salt or just generally a subsitute?
4yummy love that soup before a delicious vegas roll!
5Never had miso soup. I'll have to try it.
6mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Miso soup!!!!
7Miso soup is one of those things I've tried to like, but no go. It tastes bacon-y to me.
8My only issue with miso (and most Asian packaged products) is the MSG. I try to keep myself from buying such foods but it's in all of my yummy Asian foods ^^.
9mydiadem, I think it's just a substitute, rather than a healthy alternative.
10Miso soup is also known as Japanese chicken soup, great when you are feeling under the weather!! Miso is good as a dipping sauce.
11I seriously adore miso soup, and could never figure out why, when I made it at home, it just didn't taste the same as at Japanese restaurants. There was just something missing, it tasted flat and comparatively strange.
Then I read about dashi soup stock, which adds a fuller flavour. It's the base of many Japanese dishes. It's a bonito fish and kombu seaweed stock, you can get it in powder form at Japanese markets, and vegetarian versions of it without the fish as well, using different seaweeds and shiitake mushrooms. I strongly recommend using it if you're making miso soup at home!
12I love miso soup!
13I've eaten miso soup before. I like it, but I don't crave it or anything. I guess it's OK if you like Japanese food, but I don't eat it regularly.
14Miso soup is amazing
15it is so clean tasting
yuuuuum man I wish I didnt look at this thread, I will be craving all day
yum
16I love Japanese food in general, but miso is just way too salty for my taste.
17You can get miso paste that does not have any MSG in it. I much prefer the paste versus dried packaged miso because it is full of living enzymes and is much healthier for you.
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