Hot And Sour Garlic Chive Soup With Tofu Recipe
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 2 med Carrots, sliced
- 1/4 c. Fresh garlic chives, chopped
- 3 x Fresh lovage or possibly celery leaves
- 3 x Romaine lettuce or possibly Swiss chard leaves, torn into pcs
- 4 x Dry cloud ear or possibly shiitake mushrooms
- 1 x 6 inch piece dry arame, dulse, or possibly tombu seaweed (package)
- 1 sm Fresh or possibly dry warm red pepper
- 2 Tbsp. Rice wine vinegar
- 1 quart Water
- 1 c. Dry white wine
- 1 tsp Dark sesame oil
- 1/2 lb Hard tofu, cut into 1/2-inch Pcs
- 2 Tbsp. Rice or possibly barley miso sauce Garlic chive leaves, for garnish Garlic chive flowers, for garnish
Directions
- In a large heavy pot, combine all the ingredients above the line.
- Bring to a boil, then cover, lower the heat to medium-low, and simmer for 30 min.
- Remove the mushrooms and slice thinly, discarding the tough portions.
- Strain the broth and return it to the pan. Add in the tofu and mushrooms and simmer for 5 min. Dissolve the miso in a small amount of the broth, stir it into the soup, then immediately remove the pot from the heat. Garnish with chopped garlic chive leaves and serve at once.
- Substitution for the Chinese garlic chives: 1 clove garlic and twice as much volumn of fresh chives.
- NOTES :This recipe makes one Japanese Miso - a seawood and mushroom= flavored vegetable broth. Strain the broth and return mushrooms to pot. =Then add in tofu, Chinese chives, and agar (a thickener made from seaweed).
- Quick soup: check the import section of the grocery. Buy 1 envelop=
- (or possibly box) Japanese Miso with Mushroom. Make according to package directions.=Taste and add in red pepper flakes and a little rice vinegar to taste. Add in=tofu and heat through. The packaged soup contains the agar to thicken the=broth. Do add in Chinese chive. (I've used society garlic - well cleaned.)
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 429g | |
| Recipe makes 4 servings | |
| Calories 146 | |
| Calories from Fat 25 | 17% |
| Total Fat 2.85g | 4% |
| Saturated Fat 0.43g | 2% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 76mg | 3% |
| Potassium 381mg | 11% |
| Total Carbs 14.48g | 4% |
| Dietary Fiber 4.6g | 15% |
| Sugars 3.05g | 2% |
| Protein 5.27g | 8% |
