Fall Miso Soup

It's that time of year, FALL! Aren't you excited to smell the apple ciders, pumpkin spices, and savor the flavor of pumpkins, acorns, and squashes?! During this time of the year, when the weather is getting chillier and we have lots of orange veggies it is best to make soup. A few years ago when we were browsing through HULU, we found an interesting clip featuring Miya's restuarant's chef/owner Bun Lai. He made a winter miso soup that is still available through ABC, called "Warm You Up Miso Soup".  My human tried this original version with regular seaweed before, and it is SO DELICIOUS. So she decided to make it again this year using fall vegetables (squash) instead of sweet potatoes.

FALL MISO SOUP

Ingredients

• 1 Onion, chopped in chunks
• 1 Medium Squash, chopped in chunks
• 3-4 Garlic, crushed
• 2 Medium Potatoes, chopped in chunks
• 1/2 tablespoon crushed pepper flakes
• 4-5 Dried Shiitake Mushroom, sliced
• Please be sure to soak in water first
• 6 oz. Sliced Portabella Mushroom, sliced
• Please be sure to wash first
• Bunch of Dried Seaweed, chopped 
• Please be sure to soak in water first
• 1/2- 1 cup Miso Paste
• Hon Dashi (for taste) 
• Sesame Oil

Instructions

1. Bring 6 cups of water to boil. Add in the first 5 ingredients. Let it cook for about 10 minutes so onions are translucent. (Please remember to reduce heat once it boils).
2. Add mushrooms and seaweed and simmer for another 10 minutes. You will see that the seaweed turns bright green.
3. Turn off the heat and wisk in miso paste.  Add in some Hon Dashi for taste and then add Sesame oil. Bon Appetite!

You can watch the winter soup version from Bun Lai here....
http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/miya-chef-sushi-bun-lai-miso-soup-food-15452937 
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