Basic Miso Soup

==Description==
===Ingredients===
* 3 teaspoons wakame seaweed or 1 teaspoon wakame seaweed, flakes<BR>
* 4 cups water<BR>
* 1/2 cup onions, thinly sliced<BR>
* 1/2 cup carrots, diced<BR>
* 1 1/2 tablespoons mugi miso (OR 1 1/2 Tbsp plus 1/2 TSP Hacho, Genmai or Shiro miso)<BR>
* 3 tablespoons green onions, finely sliced
===Directions===
Rinse wakame; soak in cold water to cover for 5 minutes and dice, or if using flakes, add directly.<BR>
Bring water to a boil. Add onions and wakame; simmer 3 minutes.<BR>
Add the carrots and simmer 5 more minutes; reduce heat to very low.<BR>
Add miso and simmer 2 minutes (do not boil after adding miso). Garnish with green onions.<BR>
Optional Ingredients: fresh or dried tofu, shiitake Mushrooms, leafy greens, daikon, lotus root, leeks, round or root vegetables, cooked noodles or grains.
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==See also==
Category: Japanese Soups
Category: Japanese Vegetarian
Category: Recipes
Category: Vegetarian
Category: Soups
Category:Japanese Recipes
Category:Japanese Recipes
Category: Boiled Wakame Recipes
Category: Wakame Soup Recipes
category:daikon Recipes
category:lotus root Recipes
category:wakame Recipes
category:grains Recipes
category:flakes Recipes
category:barley miso Recipes
category:miso Recipes
category:textured soy protein Recipes
category:tofu Recipes
category:Mushroom Recipes
category:carrot Recipes
category:cereals Recipes
category:Onion Recipes
category:water Recipes
category:leek Recipes