Miso soup of the day: Okinawan-style

If you go and order a miso-soup combo in local restrants in Okinawa (southern islands in Japan), you will be surprised to see how big that miso soup is! Okinawan-style miso soup is filling and nutritious, using lots of ingredients. There are not strict rules – the important thing is to put lots of veggies.

I used bean sprouts, cabbage, carrots, onions, tofu, eggs, garlic and luncheon meat.
You can replace:

• cabbage w/ lettuce (if you use lettuce, add it just before adding miso paste)
• luncheon meat w/ pork or other processed pork like bacon

Here’s how I made it.

1. Drain tofu (momen-type) to make its texchure like shima-dofu (okinawan-tofu) and cut (If you use shima-dofu, skip this process).
2. Cut veggies and luncheon meat, then stir-fry with sesami oil in a pot.
3. Pour water or broth and cook until soft.
4. Add tofu and a spoonful of grated garlic.
5. Add miso paste as you like.
6. Drop an egg/person and boil as you like (like poached egg)
7. Serve in a bowl!