MISO soup

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Ingredients

• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 1/4 cup miso paste
• 4 teaspoons soy sauce
• 1/3 cup diced firm tofu
• 2 green onions, trimmed and thinly sliced
• dried seaweed
  

Directions

1. Bring the vegetable broth to a boil in a saucepan. Add the seaweed, reduce heat to low, and simmer 4 minutes. Stir the miso paste and soy sauce together in a small bowl; add to the broth along with the tofu and continue cooking for 1 minute more. Pour the soup into bowls and top with the green onions to serve.

NOTES: Mmmmmm! This is our family's favorite Japanese soup. Our kids LOVE it! We always order it when we go out to a restaurant, and I was determined to learn how to make it at home. I scored some tofu for 2 for $5...so I HAD to make it! The miso paste I actually had to go to a asian market to buy, but I got a large bag of it for only $5. The paste can last up to a year in the frig, so you can save LOTS of money with it! The seaweed I actually added to the ingredients. I basically bought dried seaweed (like the ones you make sushi rolls with) and tore piece to put in the soup. Next time I'm going to make the soup with shitake mushrooms. It was DELICIOUS and a hit in our home! YEAH for homemade Japanese soup!! Thanks to allrecipe.com for providing the basic recipe.

PS. If you live near me and would like to try this recipe...I have tofu and paste you can use if you'd like!