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Japanese tonjiru pork miso soup noodles being picked up with chopsticks and a wooden spoon, top down shot.
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Tonjiru Pork Miso Soup

Indulge in the rich flavors of Pork Miso Soup, a hearty and nutritious Japanese classic. This satisfying dish is perfect for warming up during colder months. Try my pork miso soup recipe today!
Course Appetizer, Main Course, Soup
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword Japanese pork soup, pork miso soup, tonjiru, tonjiru soup
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 514kcal

Ingredients

  • 6 Cups Dashi
  • 1 1/2 lb Pork Belly
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Toasted Sesame Oil
  • 1 Inch Ginger
  • 1/4 Whole Burdock Root gobo
  • 1 Whole Carrot
  • 1/4 Cup Onion chopped
  • 1 Stalk Green Onion
  • 2 Inches Japanese Radish daikon
  • 1/4 Box Tofu about 3.5oz
  • 8 oz Shirataki Noodles
  • 6 tbsp Miso brown or awase miso

Instructions

  • Gather all the ingredients.
  • Make 6 Cups of dashi. Set on simmer and hold aside.
  • In the meantime, peel the skin off the Japanese radish, cut into small cubes about 1" x 1" and place in a bowl of water.
    Cut daikon in a bowl.
  • Cut pork belly into slices that are about 1/2 inch thick and set aside.
    Cut pork belly.
  • Grate ginger and set aside.
    Grated ginger.
  • Coat frying pan with cooking oil and add in sliced pork belly and grated ginger on high heat. Cook for about 2-3 until browned on all sides, add in 1/2 tbsp of toasted sesame oil and mix well. Once done, transfer to a holding plate.
    Pork belly being cooked in a frying pan.
  • Prepare all the ingredients by dicing onions, slicing carrots and burdock root into 1/4" slices, cutting tofu into 1/2" cubes, and finely chopping green onions. Set all aside.
    Sliced carrot.
  • Prepare shirataki noodles by straining prepacked liquid and washing noodles under cold water. Set aside in a bowl.
    Shirataki noodles in a bowl.
  • Coat a large stove top pot with cooking oil on high heat and add in carrots, burdock root and onions. Cook for 1 minute while mixing and then add in 1 tbsp of toasted sesame oil.
    Carrot, gobo and carrots in a pot.
  • Next, add the cooked pork belly and dashi from step 2). Strain the water from Japanese radish and add into the stove top pot. Bring the soup to a boil and once boiling, lower heat to low/simmer and cover 7/8 way to allow for venting. Cook for 20 minutes.
    Tonjiru in a pot being cooked.
  • After 20 minutes has passed, add tofu and shirataki noodles, cook for another 3 minutes partially covered.
    Tofu added to tonjiru.
  • Inside a strainer, add miso and mix into water to dissolve (never boil miso as it will lose its umami flavor). Transfer soup to a serving bowl and top with green onion. 
    Miso paste being added to tonjiru.

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Nutrition

Calories: 514kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 50g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 23g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 583mg | Potassium: 205mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 93IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg