Spicy Miso Soup with Dumplings Recipe
Spicy Miso Soup with Dumplings is the hearty, healthy classic that you know to keep you warm and cozy, with the big bonus that it's super fast and easy!
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 575kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil or other neutral cooking oil
- 4 heads baby bok choy
- 2 cloves garlic finely minced
- 2 carrots peeled and sliced ¼-inch wide
- 2 tablespoons gochujang plus more to taste
- 2 dozen frozen dumplings homemade or store-bought
- 4 tablespoons miso
- soy sauce or tamari to taste
- 2 stalk green onions
Optional Garnishes
- 1 jalapeño thinly sliced into rings
- drizzle toasted sesame oil
- toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- Heat 1 tablespoon avocado oil in large pot over medium-high heat. Add baby bok choy heads with cut-sides down. Sear until edges charred about 2 minutes. Remove to a cutting board to cool.
- Reduce heat to medium low. Add another 1 tablespoon avocado oil. Add minced garlic and cook until garlic is just beginning to turn translucent and fragrant, about 20 seconds Add carrots and stir-fry until they just begin to soften, about 2 minutes, without letting garlic burn.
- Push the carrots to one side of the pot. Add 2 tablespoons of gochujang to the pan and stir for about 20 seconds to gently "toast" the flavor.
- Add 6 cups clean water to the pot. Turn up heat and bring to a boil. Gently drop frozen dumplings into the boiling soup base and cook for recommnded time on package.
- While the dumplings are cooking, take a large ladleful, about ½ a cup, of the water into a small bowl and stir in the 4 tablespoons of miso and stir to dissolve. the miso will not completely dissolve.
- Once the dumplings are cooked through, stir in the all the dissolved miso in water. Taste the soup and add soy sauce about 1 teaspoon at a time until it's salty enough for you.
- Ladle soup into bowls and evenly distribute the dumplings. Slice the baby bok choy quarters into bite size pieces and evely sitribute among the bowls. Garnish each with sliced fresh green onions.
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Notes
Nutrition information estimates are based on 1 serving=¼ of recipe as printed. Exact nutrition information will depend on the brand of frozen dumplings you use.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 575kcal | Protein: 28g | Fat: 35g | Fiber: 6g