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Medicinal Mushrooms and Deep Roots Soup

Medicinal Mushrooms and Deep Roots Soup

Course Soups

Ingredients
  

  • 7-8 dried shitake mushrooms soaked in 2 cups water
  • 1/2 cup dried maitake mushrooms soaked in 2 cups water
  • 3 inches alaria seaweed soaked and chopped
  • 1/4 cup burdock root thin diagonals
  • 1/2 cup daikon root half moons
  • 1 tbsp Ginger minced
  • 6 oz tofu cubed or other protein
  • 1/4 cup enoki mushrooms
  • 1-2 leaves bok choy chopped
  • 4 tbsp sweet white miso
  • 2-3 Scallions chopped

Instructions
 

  • Strain the water from the mushrooms and add additional water to get 4 cups total liquid. Put the liquid into a soup pot and turn the heat high.
  • Chop the shitake and maitake mushrooms and add to the pot, with alaria and burdock root, and bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to simmer for 5-7 minutes.
  • Add daikon root, ginger and tofu, and cook 2-3 minutes. Add enoki mushrooms and bok choy.
  • Put miso paste into a bowl and add hot liquid from the soup to liquefy the miso. Add the miso to the soup and shut off the heat.
  • Let sit 2-3 minutes. Garnish with minced scallions.