Recipe: Tasty "Tonjiru" (Japanese style Pork soup)

"Tonjiru" (Japanese style Pork soup). Tonjiru (豚汁) is a hearty miso soup with pork slices and vegetables. Packed with loads of vegetables and a small amount of pork, tonjiru is quite filling but you will be surprised to know the calories in tonjiru are low. It is considered to be a winter dish in Japan but I can't see why we shouldn't have it all year round.

It may be a cold-weather staple, but I do enjoy the soup year-round. Tonjiru (or Butajiru) is a kind of Miso Soup with pork and a lot of root vegetables such as Gobo (burdock root) and carrot. Even though it is a Miso soup, Tonjiru tastes very different from ordinary Miso Soup. You can cook "Tonjiru" (Japanese style Pork soup) using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of "Tonjiru" (Japanese style Pork soup)

1. Prepare 2 slice of Thinly sliced pork belly.
2. It's 1 of Daikon radish.
3. You need 1 of Carrot.
4. Prepare 1 of Chinese cabbage.
5. Prepare 1 slice of Usuage.
6. Prepare 1/2 of Konnyaku.
7. Prepare 1 of to garnish Japanese leek (green onions).
8. It's 1 tbsp of Sesame oil.
9. Prepare 1 of Hon-Dashi dashi stock powder.
10. You need 1 of MIso.

Tonjiru has a distinct pork flavor and strong taste from Gobo. Don't get alarmed because of Gobo, it actually tastes very good. Tonjiru is a classic winter dish of slowly stewed slices of pork mixed with vegetables and served in a dashi and miso flavoured soup broth. A popular recipe all over Japan due to being quick, easy, versatile, and delicious, this soup is bound to become a favourite in your household as well.

"Tonjiru" (Japanese style Pork soup) step by step

1. Cut the pork, vegetables and other ingredients in roughly the same size to your liking. Put the sesame oil in a frying pan and stir fry the prepared ingredients..
2. Add some water (not on the list) and cook further until the pork and vegetables soften, then add dashi stock granules. Dissolve the miso into the soup. Adjust to taste..
3. Sprinkle on the green onions to garnish..

Tonjiru (sometimes called Butajiru) is a hearty pork and vegetable miso soup. When I was in college, I used to make a big pot of this pork and vegetable miso soup and ate it throughout the week. Hope you enjoy your Low Carb Tonjiru Pork Miso Soup! If you're looking for other recipe ideas, be sure to check out our growing Recipe Index full of Asian inspired recipes! Aside from that, Master and his diner only has four items on his menu namely tonjiru, sake, beer and shōchū--a kind of Japanese distilled liquor.