Description
Super simple mug miso soup that takes 3 minutes start to finish. Uses basic ingredients you can keep in your pantry forever. Perfect for sick days, busy nights, or when you just need something warm and comforting without any fuss.
Ingredients
Basic stuff:
- ¼ teaspoon dashi powder (Asian grocery store, little packets)
- 1 tablespoon miso paste (white kind is milder, red is stronger)
- 1 cup hot water (boiling from kettle or microwave)
Extra junk if you want:
- Soft tofu cut up in chunks
- Spinach leaves (baby spinach or whatever)
- Seaweed stuff (wakame, comes dried)
- Skinny white mushrooms (enoki)
- Green onions chopped (scallions, spring onions, same thing)
Instructions
Scoop the dashi and miso paste into your mug. Looks like baby food. That’s normal.
Pour in the boiling water and stir the hell out of it. The miso will blob around and look disgusting but keep going. It’ll dissolve eventually.
Pro Tip: Use your biggest mug or this stuff will bubble over and make a mess. I learned this at 6 AM when I was late for work and had to clean soup off the microwave before leaving.
Dump in whatever add-ins you want. Tofu, spinach, mushrooms, whatever’s not moldy in your fridge. Or skip this step completely if you just want plain soup.
Microwave until it’s hot enough to drink without burning your tongue. Usually a minute or two. My microwave sucks so it takes longer.
Sprinkle green onions on top if you have them. Makes it look like you tried.
Notes
Start with less miso than you think. Different brands are different strengths and some will knock you flat. Tom made his first batch with red miso and used the full amount. Poor guy couldn’t drink it, just sat there making weird faces.
Buy the ingredients once and you’re set for months. Dashi packets keep forever, miso paste lives in the fridge for like a year. Perfect for when everything else in your kitchen is expired but you still need food.
Every microwave is different. Mine barely heats anything, my mom’s could melt steel. Figure out your timing and stick with it.
- Prep Time: 2 minutes
- Cook Time: 1-2 minutes
- Category: Soup
- Method: Microwave
- Cuisine: Japanese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mug
- Calories: 25
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 900mg
- Fat: 1g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 3g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 0mg