TONJIRU (Pork Miso Soup)
TONJIRU (Pork Miso Soup)

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TONJIRU (Pork Miso Soup) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. TONJIRU (Pork Miso Soup) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

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. Tonjiru is a savory pork and vegetable miso soup with an excellent source of B vitamins, fiber, and minerals and it's nourishing and oh-soul-fulfilling!

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have tonjiru (pork miso soup) using 16 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make TONJIRU (Pork Miso Soup):
  1. Make ready 1000 ml (about 4 U.S. cup) water
  2. Take 150 g (1/3 lb) sliced pork belly
  3. Make ready 1/2 gobo (burdock root)
  4. Prepare 1/2 carrot
  5. Get 2 inch daikon
  6. Get 2 satoimo (baby taro)
  7. Make ready 1 small sweet potato
  8. Take 1/2 leak
  9. Take 2 Shitake
  10. Prepare 1/3 block konnyaku (konjac)
  11. Take 1/2 block tofu
  12. Get 1 tsp grated ginger
  13. Get 2 tsp soy sauce
  14. Make ready 2 tsp MIRIN
  15. Get 4 and 1/2 tbsp MISO
  16. Prepare 2 tsp sesame oil

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.

Instructions to make TONJIRU (Pork Miso Soup):
  1. Cut pork into bite-sized pieces.
  2. Peel the Daikon and Carrot. Cut into quarter rounds.
  3. Remove dirt from the burdock, Make a lengthwise cross shape incision.Cut it with a knife as if you were sharpening pencil. Soak it in water about 5 minutes. Then rinse and drain the burdock.
  4. Tear the block of konnyaku with your hands.
  5. Slice Shitake.
  6. Peel Satoimo and sweet potato. Cut into bite-size.
  7. Slice leek.
  8. Heat the salad oil in a large pot, and fry the pork.
  9. When the pork is cooked, Add the all vegetables and konnyaku. Stir together.
  10. Pour water into a large pot.
  11. When it starts to a boil, skim off the scum.
  12. Tear the block of tofu with your hands, And add them.
  13. Simmer until the vegetables are tender.
  14. Dissolve the miso into the stock. And, Add soy sauce, MIRIN, sesame oil and grated ginger.
  15. Ready to eat!

Tonjiru (Pork & Veggies Miso Soup) Print Recipe. Tonjiru (sometimes called Butajiru) is a hearty pork and vegetable miso soup. When I was in college, I used to make a big pot of this pork and vegetable miso soup and ate it throughout the week. Tonjiru (or Butajiru) is a kind of Miso Soup with pork and a lot of root vegetables such as Gobo (burdock root) and carrot. Even though it is a Miso soup, Tonjiru tastes very different from ordinary Miso Soup.

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