Continuing with the kabocha theme this week I had kabocha miso soup for breakfast each morning. The kabocha was simmered in the dashi until tender. It was pretty good and I tried it in a number of ways. I tried swapping the spinach out for wakame. I also tried adding a spoonful of kabocha pumpkin puree to the soup to add some oven roasted flavour.
Kabocha and Spinach Miso Soup
ingredients
- 1 cup dashi
- 1 slice kabocha (1/2 inch thick, cut into bite sized pieces)
- 1 handful spinach
- 1 tablespoon miso (gluten free for gluten free)
- 1 green onion (chopped)
directions
- Bring the dashi and kabocha to a boil in a small sauce pan.
- Reduce the heat and simmer until the kabocha is tender.
- Remove from heat and add the spinach.
- Dissolve the miso with some of the heated dashi in a separate bowl. (We do not want to boil the miso as it will not taste as good.)
- Add the miso back to the soup.
- Pour the soup into a bowl and top with green onion.
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kevin, I have just found your blog, i’ve been reading, and drooling, for the last 30 minutes. I just want to say nice work. thanks for putting it out there.
What is kabocha?
I have not had such sumptuous breakfast for a while 😛
Kabocha is a winter squash also known as a Japanese pumpkin.
Wikipedia Link
@ Cynthia: Kabocha is a wonderful little green-skinned Japanese pumpkiny thing, sweeter than almost any kind of winter squash I know. Search for “kabocha” at flickr.com and you’ll find plenty of pictures.
BTW, Kevin, thank you for posting this recipe. I had selected an overambitious recipe for next week’s bento lunches, and this simple recipe will make a great substitute. I’ll just precook the kabocha and assemble all the ingredients to be mixed with instant dashi at lunchtime. Can’t wait!
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