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

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, tonjiru (pork miso soup). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Tonjiru is a savory miso soup with pork and root vegetables. Packed with an excellent source of vitamins, it's absolutely nourishing and soul-fulfilling! If you ask me what is my favorite miso soup, I would immediately say Tonjiru (豚汁).

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have tonjiru (pork miso soup) using 16 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

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

Warm yourself up during the winter with this easy tonjiru pork soup recipe. Tonjiru is a classic winter dish of slowly stewed slices of pork mixed with. 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.

Steps 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 has a distinct pork flavor and strong taste from Gobo. Combining flavorful ingredients like pork belly and shiitake mushrooms with classic Japanese seasonings like mirin and dashi, this hearty tonjiru soup will delight friends and family when you whip it up in your home kitchen. Tonjiru is like an upgraded, meatier version of classic miso soup. We are making healthy, nutritious Tonjiru, pork miso soup with lots of vegetables. The root vegetables and pork will warm you up.

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