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Tonjiru 豚汁
Learn how to make this Japanese hearty miso soup Tonjiru with pork and root vegetables. It is Japanese popular winter comfort soup.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 2 serves
Calories: 95 kcal
Course:
Soup
Cuisine:
Japanese
Ingredients
- 3.5 oz konjac or ¼ of Konjac or 100g
- 1.8 oz carrot ½ or 50g
- 2.5 oz Daikonn ¼ or 70g
- 3.5 oz sweet potato or 100g
- 1 tbsp butter *1
- 13.5 fl oz water 400 ml
- ½ tsp dashi powder *2
- 2 tbsp Miso paste
- 1 tbsp scallion
- ¼ tsp shichimi togarashi optional
Instructions
- Prepare konjac by tearing into bite size chunks then boil it and drain. Set aside.
- Cut carrot, daikon, sweet potato randomly to bite size chunks.
- Melt butter in a pot over medium heat, and saute the vegetables and konjac well until the edge of the vegetables become translucent.
- Add just enough water (about ⅓ of water listed in the ingredients) to cover the vegetables and konjac in the pan.
- Place the pork over the veggies and konjac, put the lid on to steam cook for about 5 min.
- Pour in the rest of the water, and bring it to boil, skimming off scum occasionally.
- When the water has boiled, add the miso paste and stir.
- Turn off the heat and ladle into a soup bowl. Garnish with chopped scallion and shichimi togarashi if you like.
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Notes
- *1 Instead of butter, you can also use sesame seed oil.
- *2 if you have home made dashi, you don't need this dashi powder.
Nutrition Information
Calories
95kcal
(5%)
Carbohydrates
19g
(6%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Sodium
705mg
(29%)
Potassium
379mg
(11%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
11420IU
(228%)
Vitamin C
11mg
(12%)
Calcium
52mg
(5%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2serves
Amount Per Serving
Calories 95
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 95kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 19g | 6% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 705mg | 29% |
| Potassium | 379mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 11420IU | 228% |
| Vitamin C | 11mg | 12% |
| Calcium | 52mg | 5% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.