【vegan】Japanese mushroom and spinach soup

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Today we want to introduce you to a simple mushroom soup using shiitake dashi.

Mushrooms give off great dashi, so it uses shiitake dashi, seasoned with soy sauce.

You can replace the soy sauce and use miso to make it into miso soup, too!

We also used maitake mushroom, but take a mushroom of preference and take in that fiber for a health boost!

How to cook Japanese mushroom and spinach soup

Ingredients

  • spinach…50g

  • maitake mushroom…50g

  • 1-2 fresh shiitake (can be dried if available. Dried is more nutritious)

  • water…400ml

  • salt…½ teaspoon

  • soy sauce…1 teaspoon

How to make

  1.  slice the shiitake into 5-6 pieces. cut off the bottom of the root. soak in water for the dashi to be given off.

  2.  cut off the root of the spinach, and cut it to a size of 3 cm. 

  3. Boil the spinach for a minute, to remove the oxalic acid.

  4. Put the dashi (with the shiitake) in a pot and boil maitake mushrooms for it to cook.

  5. Add the spinach for 10-20 seconds before turning off the heat, for it to be reheated. 

  6. Turn off the heat, and add salt, then soy sauce to flavor it to your preference.

Key Points

  • Seasonings should come in the order of salt, soy sauce, and if you will be using it, miso. 

    Soy sauce and miso loses its flavor when it’s heated. You should turn off heat before putting them in.

  • Shiitake dashi can be alternated with katsuo bonito or konbu kelp, or instant dashi.

  • We used to just microwave spinach as it loses the water-soluble vitamins when boiling, but research has been saying you should boil and throw away the water to cut off oxalic acid from the dish.

  • Spinach can be precooked by boiling, squeezing off the water, then to be stored in a ziploc bag in the freezer.


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