Pork Miso Soup (Tonjiru)
Pork Miso Soup (Tonjiru)

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Tonjiru (豚汁) is a hearty miso soup with pork slices and vegetables. Packed with loads of vegetables and a small amount of pork, tonjiru is quite filling but you will be surprised to know the calories in tonjiru are low. These three vegetables add unique flavors, depth, and sweetness.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have pork miso soup (tonjiru) using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pork Miso Soup (Tonjiru):
  1. Prepare 200 g thinly sliced pork rib
  2. Make ready 100 g carrot
  3. Make ready 100 g onion
  4. Prepare 100 g white Daikon raddish
  5. Make ready 1/4 gobo (burdock root, optional)
  6. Take 1/2 tofu or atsuage (thick deep fried tofu)
  7. Take 100 g konnyaku
  8. Take 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  9. Take 1000 mL Dashi broth (or dissolve 1 tbsp Dashi powder in 1000 mL of water)
  10. Prepare 1 tbsp soy sauce : (A)
  11. Make ready 3 tbsp miso : (A)
  12. Get 1 tsp sesame oil : (A)

In Japanese, "ton" (豚) means pork and shiru (汁) means soup. These words come together to make Tonjiru which means 'Pork Soup', so pork is kind of a must item to. Tonjiru (butajiru) is a variant of Japanese miso soup where the diluted miso is added after simmering small pieces of pork and vegetables in dashi. Chunky enough for a light lunch, double or triple the ingredients because everyone will want a generous share.

Steps to make Pork Miso Soup (Tonjiru):
  1. Cut the daikon and carrot into quarter slices. Thinly slice the burdock root diagonally and thinly. Cut the onion into bite-size chunks.
  2. Cut the tofu and the Konnyaku into bite-size chunks. Boil the Konnyaku for 2-3 minutes to remove their scum. Cut the sliced pork into 2 cm width.
  3. Add the vegetable oil and the pork in a pot. Stir-fry over medium heat until its colour changes.
  4. Pour the Dashi broth. Heat over medium-high heat until it comes to a boil. Skim the scum from the soup.
  5. Add the Atsuage (or tofu) and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
  6. Add the condiments (A) to dissolve miso.

Tonjiru (豚汁) is Japanese pork soup with vegetables and miso. This is often served with steamed or multigrain rice. This soup is also popularly served at Tonkatsu restaurants. Due to the slow simmering of the pork, there is a depth of flavour to the soup that is full of umami deliciousness. Tonjiru (Pork & Veggies Miso Soup) by Takehito.

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