Basic Miso Soup

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Ingredients

• 3 teaspoons wakame seaweed or 1 teaspoon wakame seaweed flakes
• 4 cups water
• ½ cup onions, thinly sliced
• ½ cup carrots, diced
• 1½ tablespoons mugi miso (or 1½ tbsp + ½ tsp hacho, genmai or shiro miso)
• 3 tablespoons green onions, finely sliced
• Optional ingredients:
  • fresh or dried tofu
  • shiitake mushrooms
  • leafy greens
  • daikon
  • lotus root
  • leeks
  • round or root vegetables
  • cooked noodles or grains

Directions

1. Rinse wakame; soak in cold water to cover for 5 minutes and dice, or if using flakes, add directly.
2. Bring water to a boil.
3. Add onions and wakame; simmer 3 minutes.
4. Add the carrots and simmer 5 more minutes; reduce heat to very low.
5. Add miso and simmer 2 minutes (do not boil after adding miso).
6. Garnish with green onions.

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