Description
Jamie Oliver’s chicken miso soup blends Japanese comfort with hearty British cooking. Delicate miso broth, tender chicken, and fresh herbs create a soul-warming dish that brings global flavors to your kitchen in one satisfying bowl.
Ingredients
Scale
Primary Ingredients:
- 750 milliliters (25.4 fluid ounces) organic chicken or vegetable stock
- 100 grams (3.5 ounces) silken tofu
- ½ savoy cabbage
- 1 carrot
Flavoring Ingredients:
- 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) piece of ginger
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 fresh red chilli
- 2 tablespoons miso paste
- low-salt soy sauce
Instructions
- Pour vegetable or chicken stock into a large saucepan and bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat (approximately 4 to 5 centimeters/1.5 to 2 inches deep).
- Carefully slice garlic into delicate, translucent pieces, then mince fresh ginger root until finely chopped. Remove seeds from chili pepper and dice into small, uniform fragments.
- Add prepared garlic, ginger, and chili pieces directly into the simmering stock, allowing ingredients to infuse and release their aromatic flavors for 4 to 5 minutes.
- Shred green cabbage using a sharp knife into thin, uniform strips approximately 0.5 centimeters (1/4 inch) wide. Thinly slice carrots on a diagonal to create elegant, matchstick-like pieces.
- Incorporate cabbage and carrot slices into the simmering liquid, ensuring vegetables are evenly distributed. Cover the pot and cook for 3 to 4 minutes until vegetables become tender but retain a slight crispness.
- Gently stir in miso paste, whisking thoroughly to dissolve completely. Season with soy sauce, adjusting quantity to enhance depth of flavor and achieve desired saltiness.
- Carefully cube firm tofu into bite-sized pieces measuring approximately 2 centimeters (3/4 inch). Delicately place tofu into the simmering vegetable broth and allow to heat through for 2 to 3 minutes without excessive stirring.
Notes
- Ginger’s secret is in the fine chop, releasing its vibrant, warming essence into every spoonful of the soup.
- Garlic transforms from sharp to mellow when sliced thinly, spreading its aromatic magic throughout the broth.
- Chili peppers dance between mild and fiery – removing seeds tames the heat, while keeping them ignites a spicy adventure.
- Carrot and cabbage become culinary partners when cut uniformly, ensuring each bite delivers consistent texture and flavor.
- Miso paste dissolves like a silky whisper when gently blended with warm broth, preventing stubborn lumps and creating smooth, rich complexity.
- Soy sauce acts as a flavor conductor, starting subtle and building depth with careful, incremental additions that respect the soup’s delicate balance.
- Prep Time: 13 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 105 kcal
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 600 mg
- Fat: 4 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 14 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg