Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, tonjiru (pork miso soup). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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 because it's delicious. Tonjiru is a savory miso soup with pork and root vegetables.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tonjiru (pork miso soup) using 16 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make TONJIRU (Pork Miso Soup):

1. Make ready 1000 ml (about 4 U.S. cup) water
2. Get 150 g (1/3 lb) sliced pork belly
3. Prepare 1/2 gobo (burdock root)
4. Prepare 1/2 carrot
5. Prepare 2 inch daikon
6. Make ready 2 satoimo (baby taro)
7. Take 1 small sweet potato
8. Take 1/2 leak
9. Make ready 2 Shitake
10. Make ready 1/3 block konnyaku (konjac)
11. Prepare 1/2 block tofu
12. Get 1 tsp grated ginger
13. Prepare 2 tsp soy sauce
14. Get 2 tsp MIRIN
15. Make ready 4 and 1/2 tbsp MISO
16. Prepare 2 tsp sesame oil

If you love meat, I bet you will love "TONJURU" too! The combination of pork and vegetables is fantastic in the miso soup actually. It is definitely impossible to talk about genuine miso soup without eating. 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.

Steps to make TONJIRU (Pork Miso Soup):

1. Cut pork into bite-sized pieces.
2. Peel the Daikon and Carrot. Cut into quarter rounds.
3. Remove dirt from the burdock, Make a lengthwise cross shape incision.Cut it with a knife as if you were sharpening pencil. Soak it in water about 5 minutes. Then rinse and drain the burdock.
4. Tear the block of konnyaku with your hands.
5. Slice Shitake.
6. Peel Satoimo and sweet potato. Cut into bite-size.
7. Slice leek.
8. Heat the salad oil in a large pot, and fry the pork.
9. When the pork is cooked, Add the all vegetables and konnyaku. Stir together.
10. Pour water into a large pot.
11. When it starts to a boil, skim off the scum.
12. Tear the block of tofu with your hands, And add them.
13. Simmer until the vegetables are tender.
14. Dissolve the miso into the stock. And, Add soy sauce, MIRIN, sesame oil and grated ginger.
15. Ready to eat!

It is definitely impossible to talk about genuine miso soup without eating. 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 is a miso based soup made with pork and vegetables. It's very very common within Japanese home cooking, my mum probably made a lot more Tonjiru Miso Soup than ordinary Miso Soup when I was growing up.

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