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Soup and Stock Recipes

Explore a variety of comforting Japanese soup and stock recipes, from classic miso soup to cozy favorites like corn potage and wonton soup. Enjoy light, refreshing miso soups in summer and heartier variations in winter—there’s a perfect bowl for every season and occasion.

Learn to make essential Japanese soup stocks (dashi) using simple ingredients like kombu, dried bonito flakes, shiitake mushrooms, and anchovies. These flavorful bases add rich umami to soups, broths, and sauces, forming the foundation of many traditional Japanese dishes.

Japanese miso soup bowls containing tofu and wakame miso soup. Japanese miso soup bowls containing tofu and wakame miso soup.
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Homemade Miso Soup (Video) 味噌汁

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  • A wooden bowl containing tomato egg vermicelli soup garnished with green onion.
    Easy
    Tomato Egg Vermicelli Soup (Video)
    5
    15 minutes
  • Wooden soup bowls containing Spinach and Mushroom Miso Soup.
    Easy
    Spinach and Mushroom Miso Soup ほうれん草と椎茸の味噌汁
    3
    15 minutes
  • Lacquerer miso soup bowls containing Kale Daikon Miso Soup.
    Easy
    Kale Daikon Miso Soup
    2
    20 minutes
  • A lacquer bowl containing Ebi Shinjo, a light and fluffy shrimp dumpling, in a flavorful clear soup.
    Ebi Shinjo (Shrimp Dumplings in Clear Soup) 海老しんじょ
    2
    50 minutes
  • Wooden bowls filled with Pork Tofu Soup, served alongside steamed rice and a chicken dish on the table.
    Easy
    Pork Tofu Soup (Video)
    4
    15 minutes
  • A light wooden bowl containing Spicy Pork and Bean Sprout Miso Soup sprinkled with ground sesame seeds.
    Easy
    Spicy Pork and Bean Sprout Miso Soup (Video)
    5
    10 minutes
  • A light-colored wooden tray containing a bowl of miso soup with soft tofu, wakame seaweed, and thinly sliced green onions, along with a bowl of steamed rice, a small plate of tamagoyaki, and a smalll side dish.
    Easy
    Easy Miso Soup (Video)
    4
    10 minutes
  • Black bowls containing Japanese corn potage.
    Corn Potage コーンポタージュ (Japanese Corn Soup コーンスープ)
    172
    1 hour
  • White ceramic bowls containing Bacon and Corn Miso Soup.
    Easy
    Bacon and Corn Miso Soup ベーコンとコーンの味噌汁
    6
    10 minutes
  • Miso soup bowls containing Natto and Okra Miso Soup topped with sesame seeds.
    Easy
    Natto Miso Soup with Okra 納豆とオクラの味噌汁
    6
    10 minutes
  • White ceramic bowls containing Bacon Asparagus Miso Soup topped with a slice of butter.
    Bacon Asparagus Miso Soup
    11
    25 minutes
  • Dashi made from Dashi Packet.
    Dashi Packet + Recipe (Video)
    23
    5 minutes
  • White ceramic bowls containing Cabbage and Onsen Tamago Miso Soup topped with green onions and shichimi togarashi.
    Easy
    Cabbage and Onsen Tamago Miso Soup
    9
    15 minutes
  • Wooden miso soup bowls containing Kakitamajiru, Japanese egg drop soup.
    Easy
    Easy Japanese Egg Drop Soup (Kakitamajiru) かきたま汁
    56
    15 minutes
  • A white ceramic bowl containing Miso Soup with enoki mushrooms, tofu, and Japanese long green onion, topped with ground sesame seeds.
    Easy
    Miso Soup with Enoki Mushrooms and Ground Sesame エノキのごま味噌汁
    5
    15 minutes
  • Japanese miso soup bowls containing tofu and wakame miso soup.
    Easy
    Homemade Miso Soup (Video) 味噌汁
    595
    20 minutes
  • Japanese wooden soup bowls containing Daikon and Fried Miso Soup.
    Daikon and Fried Tofu Miso Soup 大根と油揚げの味噌汁
    2
    30 minutes
  • White ceramic bowls containing Bacon and Corn Miso Soup.
    Just One Cookbook Miso Soup Recipes
  • A black and gold lacquered bowl containing Japanese New Year Soup Ozoni.
    Ozoni – Japanese New Year Mochi Soup (Kanto-Style) お雑煮
    48
    30 minutes
  • A black and gold lacquered bowl containing Japanese New Year Soup Ozoni.
    Ozoni – Japanese New Year Mochi Soup (Kansai-Style) お雑煮
    54
    50 minutes
  • A Japanese wooden bowl containing Tomato and Tofu Miso Soup.
    Tomato and Tofu Miso Soup トマトと豆腐の味噌汁
    11
    20 minutes
  • a large bowl containing shrimp and wonton soup along with the condiments.
    Wonton Soup (Video) ワンタンスープ
    95
    40 minutes
  • Red Japanese lacquered bowls containing clear soup (Osumashi) with shiitake mushrooms, fu, and mitsuba leaf.
    Japanese Clear Soup (Osumashi) おすまし
    5
    20 minutes
  • Glass pitchers containing vegan dashi (shiitake kombu dashi).
    Vegan Dashi (Shiitake Kombu Dashi) 精進だし
    13
    20 minutes
  • A white Japanese bowl containing cold miso soup (hiyajiru) with tofu, cucumber, and salmon).
    Cold Miso Soup (Hiyajiru) 冷や汁
    20
    15 minutes
  • Black ceramic bowls containing glass noodle soup with tofu, fluffy egg, and wakame seaweed.
    Japanese Glass Noodle Soup (Harusame Soup) 春雨スープ
    40
    15 minutes
  • Nameko Miso Soup being served fro a donabe to a wooden bowl.
    Nameko Mushroom Miso Soup なめこ汁
    7
    20 minutes
  • A white bowl containing kimchi soup that's made of Malony glass noodles, kimchi, egg, and pork.
    Kimchi Soup with Malony Glass Noodles
    44
    20 minutes
  • Wooden miso soup bowls containing Tonjiru (Pork and Vegetable Soup).
    Tonjiru (Pork and Vegetable Miso Soup) (Video) 豚汁
    110
    40 minutes
  • Kabocha Miso Soup served in a black bowl.
    Kabocha Miso Soup かぼちゃの味噌汁
    46
    30 minutes
  • Tonjiru served in black bowls.
    Instant Pot Tonjiru (Pork and Vegetable Miso Soup) 豚汁(圧力鍋)
    48
    1 hour
  • Katsuo Dashi (Bonito Stock) in a jar.
    Katsuo Dashi (Bonito Stock) かつおだし
    31
    15 minutes
  • Homemade instant miso soup served on the table.
    Homemade Instant Miso Soup 即席味噌汁
    26
    15 minutes
  • Japanese wooden bowls containing vegan miso soup with tofu and seaweed.
    Easy
    Vegan Miso Soup ヴィーガン味噌汁
    28
    20 minutes
  • Piping hot oxtail broth in a Japanese bowl topped with green onions.
    Pressure Cooker Oxtail Broth 牛テールスープ (圧力鍋)
    21
    1 hour 45 minutes
  • Three kinds of vegetable miso soups; each served in a Japanese wooden bowl.
    Easy
    Vegetable Miso Soup 野菜のお味噌汁
    26
    15 minutes
  • Miso soup served into a soup bowl from a donabe clay pot.
    Miso Soup with Yuzu Kosho (Video) 柚子胡椒入り味噌汁
    16
    35 minutes
  • Matsutake Clear Soup 松茸のお吸い物 | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com
    Matsutake Suimono (Clear Soup) 松茸お吸い物
    13
    20 minutes
  • Homemade Chicken Stock in Mason jars.
    Homemade Chicken Stock
    21
    5 hours 15 minutes
  • Japanese clam clear soup in a red bowl.
    Japanese Clear Clam Soup (Ushiojiru) あさりの潮汁
    6
    15 minutes
  • vChicken & Corn Chowder チキンとコーンのチャウダー | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com
    Chicken Corn Chowder チキンとコーンのチャウダー
    3
    55 minutes
  • Mug cups containing kabocha soup served on a wooden tray.
    Kabocha Soup (Video) かぼちゃスープ
    101
    45 minutes
  • Dashi made from Dashi Powder.
    Dashi Powder + Recipe (Video)
    68
    5 minutes
  • Red lacquered bowls containing Sanpeijiru (Japanese Salmon Soup).
    Sanpeijiru (Japanese Salmon Soup) 三平汁
    33
    1 hour
  • A white soup bowl containing Creamy Roasted Cauliflower Soup.
    Creamy Roasted Cauliflower Soup
    18
    1 hour
  • How To Make Dashi 3 Ways | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com
    3 Ways To Make Dashi (Video)
    18
    19 minutes
  • Japanese Vegetable Soup (Kenchinjiru) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com
    Kenchinjiru (Japanese Vegetable Soup) (Video) けんちん汁
    44
    50 minutes
  • Iriko Dashi - Japanese Soup Stock in the bottle.
    Iriko Dashi (Anchovy Stock) いりこだし・煮干しだし
    21
    25 minutes
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