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Japanese Onion Soup Recipe with Mushroom
4.8 from 48 votes

Japanese Onion Soup Recipe with Mushroom

The Japanese onion soup with mushrooms is a light clear broth soup prepared from scratch with fresh ingredients.

Prep Time
8 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
28 mins
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 64 kcal
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Asian, Japanese

Ingredients

  • 1 Large white onion
  • 2 green onion aka spring onion
  • 4 Medium shiitake mushrooms *see Notes
  • ½ Inch ginger fresh
  • 2 Pieces garlic fresh, cloves
  • 1-2 Tablespoon neutral cooking oil see Notes, generic cooking oil
  • 1 ¼ Cup beef broth or Beef bouillon cube with water mixed
  • 2 ½ Cup water see notes if you used dried soaked mushrooms
  • 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
  • ¼ Teaspoon black pepper ground
  • To Taste salt

Instructions

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  1. Peel your onion and slice small. Wash your spring onion and cut into small slices as well. Reserve the green spring onion stalks to garnish the soup.
  2. Slice your mushrooms small and keep aside.
  3. Chop your peeled ginger and garlic and keep aside as well.
  4. In a soup pan, heat the oil on a medium-high heat setting and sauté the onion slices with the white spring onion bulb until soft.
  5. Decrease the heat a bit and stir in ginger and garlic. Cook soft for a minute or two but don't burn the garlic.
  6. Stir in sliced mushrooms and sauté until slightly soft.
  7. Pour in the beef broth and water (eventually water + mushroom water — see notes).
  8. Season with soy sauce, black pepper and, if needed, salt.
  9. Mix well and let your soup simmer for 10–15 minutes covered.
  10. Serve with chopped fresh green spring onion stalks hot in a soup bowl.

Notes

  • In this recipe, you can use fresh or dried mushrooms. To use fresh mushrooms, just cut the mushrooms and add to the soup with the mentioned broth and water amounts in the recipe. To use dried mushrooms, add 300 milliliters (10.14 fl oz/ 1 ¼ cup) water to the mushrooms in a bowl and let soak for 30 minutes. Then take out the mushrooms and press out some water, just pass quickly through the fresh water to get rid of impurities and cut the mushroom small. Keep the 300 ml mushroom water to the side because you will use that + 300 ml water instead of the 600 ml in the recipe. The mushroom water is full of flavors and will give your soup a great depth!
  • Choose your oil. You can use regular vegetable oil or some Asian oil such as peanut oil or sesame oil.

Nutrition Information

Calories 64kcal (3%) Carbohydrates 11g (4%) Protein 5g (10%) Sodium 1083mg (45%) Potassium 357mg (8%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 4g (8%) Vitamin A 120IU (2%) Vitamin C 9.5mg (11%) Calcium 50mg (5%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 2 servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 64

% Daily Value*

Calories 64kcal 3%
Carbohydrates 11g 4%
Protein 5g 10%
Sodium 1083mg 45%
Potassium 357mg 8%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 4g 8%
Vitamin A 120IU 2%
Vitamin C 9.5mg 11%
Calcium 50mg 5%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.