Tonjiru – miso soup with pork and vegetables

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 1 onion(s)
• 300 g pork (rib meat)
• 1 carrot(s)
• 1 root(s) (burdock root)
• 150 g radish(s) (Chinese radish)
• 4 shiitake mushrooms
• 1 piece(s) ginger
• 1 ½ liters vegetable broth
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 2 tbsp miso
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• Salt and pepper from the mill
• Chive rolls

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 50 minutes

traditional Japanese soup

Peel the onions, halve them, and slice them. Clean, peel, wash, and slice the burdock root. Peel the ginger and cut into small cubes. Clean, peel, wash, and slice the carrot and Chinese radish. Quarter all slices to resemble a ginkgo leaf. Rinse the pork under cold running water, pat dry, and slice thinly. Quarter the shiitake mushrooms. Heat the sesame oil in a pan and sauté the ginger. Brown the meat, seasoning with salt and pepper. Add all the vegetables and sauté. Add the vegetable stock and simmer for 10-15 minutes until tender. Reduce the heat, stir in the miso and soy sauce, and serve sprinkled with chives.