Japan

Tonjiru

Name: Tonjiru
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 200 g Pork belly (thin); 300 g Radish & carrot; 200 g Taro or potato; 3 tbsp Miso; 1 l Dashi; 1 stalk Leek

Hearty pork miso soup

Tonjiru (also butajiru) is a rich miso soup with pork and plenty of root vegetables - a warming winter dish of Japan.

Unlike clear miso soup, it is a filling meal with radish, carrot, taro and leek.

Servings4

Time40 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Pork belly (thin)200 g
Radish & carrot300 g
Taro or potato200 g
Miso3 tbsp
Dashi1 l
Leek1 stalk

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Briefly sear the pork.
Add the vegetables and fry along.
Pour in dashi and simmer tender.
Reduce heat, stir in the miso.
Serve scattered with leek.

Make it original

Miso and dashi for tonjiru are in the Asia Boutique.

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