3 Recipe Ideas to integrate miso as flavor enhancers to a Western Dish!

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Miso is a popular ingredient important for Japanese cuisine, but did you know we also use it in Western dishes for flavor enhancement?

Today we will show you some samples of how you might be able to integrate miso into your cuisine!


Honey Cheese Miso Toast

  1. Spread honey and miso on a slice of bread, and top it with sliced cheese to toast.
  2. When the cheese melts, it's ready!
Miso and honey are both fermented food which pairs really well, and if you put drops of soy sauce and toast to make it crispy...🤤

Just like pizza, the Japanese make pizza toast a lot.
  1. microwave sliced onions and bell pepper for 10 seconds, then put it in between the sauce and the cheese.
  2. the honey could be replaced with mayo to make it into a miso dip, to be used as a sauce, too.

Japanese sure love Italian food! And we cook meat sauce bolognese at home, too. A lot of households put miso in the sauce as it balances the acidity of the tomato and gives an enhanced umami taste to the sauce. 

If you're cooking for about 3~4 people, just a spoon of miso paste is enough. It's a trick by moms whose kids don't like eating tomato sauce from the acidity, too.

We eat it as pasta most of the time, but we put it on rice and make it into a risotto or bake it with cheese, too.

Milk Miso Soup


  1. Heat water in a pot, about the volume to cover the cut hakusai Chinese cabbage.
  2. Once the hakusai is cooked, add the same amount of milk/soymilk and bacon.
  3. Dissolve in miso paste and grind black pepper.

This soup will suit both bread and rice.
When you mix soy and miso, it marriages very well and you will realize it has an enhanced flavor, very recommended!


Japanese Meat Sauce Pasta

Japanese sure love Italian food! And we cook meat sauce bolognese at home, too. A lot of households put miso in the sauce as it balances the acidity of the tomato and gives an enhanced umami taste to the sauce.

If you're cooking for about 3~4 people, just a spoon of miso paste is enough. It's a trick by moms whose kids don't like eating tomato sauce from the acidity, too.

We eat it as pasta most of the time, but we put it on rice and make it into a risotto or bake it with cheese, too.

Use miso as a flavor enhancer




















Miso works for curry, stew, gyoza pot stickers, ... you name it. Japanese put it in many dishes to enhance and deepen the flavor. But be careful! Miso has substances that break the thickness of the dish, so put it before adding curry powder/flour and cook it for about 20 minutes.


Not only for the main flavor of our menu, but miso is also used as a "hidden enhancer of taste" to our dishes. We call this kakushiaji（隠し味）. It also helps the dish to be healthier, so have a try on your favorite menu from your country :)



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