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Hearty One-Pot Meal Miso Soup

September 19, 2011 By Susan Voisin 75 Comments
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Rich miso broth, protein-rich edamame, flavorful and filling soba noodles, and fresh green and orange vegetables–This miso soup has everything you need for a delicious meal without using every pot in the kitchen!

Hearty One-Pot Meal Miso Soup
Usually I serve miso soup as part of our “sushi meal.” I make or buy vegetable sushi rolls, cook some edamame, toss some green leafies with some tahini dressing, and make a simple miso soup. On a recent rushed weeknight, I decided to skip all the separate dishes and just throw everything into the soup.

If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know that I’m a fan of one-pot meals. Many of my soups and stews (and even some of my casseroles) contain enough protein, vegetables, and starch to be nutritious and filling meals all on their own. On nights when I’m too rushed or tired to bother making several dishes, I check the fridge for what I have–or what’s been in there the longest–and figure out a way to cook it all together and make it come out tasting like a lot of thought and planning went into it–without dirtying every pot in the kitchen.

If you’re transitioning to a vegan diet and feel overwhelmed, give one-pot cooking a try. Even if you’re a seasoned vegan cook, you can get supper on the table without a lot of fuss (and make clean-up a breeze) by cooking a one-pot meal every now and then.

To make one-pot recipes easy to find, I’ve created a new category in my Recipe Index called One Pot Meals. I’ll be going back through my older recipes adding dishes that fit, but you can speed things up. Please let me know in the comments:

Which of my recipes have you made as a one pot meal? And while you’re at it, what are some other one-pot meals that you love?

Hearty Miso Soup

I designed this recipe to make a lot so that I could eat the leftovers for lunch over a few days. You can easily halve the recipe if you want to make less.

Hearty One-Pot Meal Miso Soup
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Hearty One-Pot Meal Miso Soup

This soup is very versatile and makes a lot, so plan on leftovers (you may need to add extra broth the next day as the noodles suck up all the liquid overnight). You can use whatever vegetables you have on-hand instead of the carrots and bok choy. See the notes for some additional options.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 8
Author Susan Voisin

Ingredients

  • 1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil optional, see note
  • 1 tablespoon ginger-root peeled and minced
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 12 cups water
  • 1/2 tablespoon wakame or other seaweed
  • 1 1/2 cups carrots cut into matchsticks
  • 1 1/2 ounces dried shiitake mushrooms see note
  • 1 1/2 cups frozen shelled edamame
  • 5 ounces buckwheat soba noodles uncooked, see note
  • 1 pound baby bok choy cut into 1/2-inch slices
  • 6-8 tablespoons mellow white miso see note
  • 1 teaspoon prepared wasabi optional or to taste
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Instructions

  • Heat the sesame oil in a large, non-stick soup pot. Add the ginger and garlic and cook for one minute. Add the water, wakame, carrots, and dried mushrooms and bring to a simmer. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, or until mushrooms are tender. Add the edamame and cook for another 5 minutes.
  • Add the noodles and the bok choy, cover, and cook until noodles are tender, about 7 minutes.
  • Place the miso and wasabi in a bowl and add about 1/2 cup of the hot soup broth. Stir or whisk until there are no lumps and then add it back to the pot and heat through but do not boil. Taste and add more miso or wasabi as needed.

Notes

A little sesame oil gives the broth a richer flavor, but if using it is not an option, cook the garlic and ginger in a teaspoon or two of water instead.
Whole dried shiitaki mushrooms look nice in this soup but may be hard to chew. You can cut them in pieces with a pair of kitchen shears after they've softened. If you happen to have fresh mushrooms, you can use about 5-8 ounces.
Most buckwheat soba noodles found in the U.S. are not gluten-free. If necessary, you can substitute gluten-free pad thai noodles or spaghetti. If you're avoiding pasta, you can substitute about 2 cups of cooked brown rice or other grain; add more as necessary if the soup is too "soupy."
If using miso from an Asian grocery, check ingredients carefully to make sure fish (bonito) isn't in the ingredients. To reduce sodium, look for low-sodium miso in natural food stores.
Nutrition Facts
Hearty One-Pot Meal Miso Soup
Amount Per Serving (1 serving)
Calories 160 Calories from Fat 26
% Daily Value*
Fat 2.9g4%
Sodium 691mg30%
Carbohydrates 27.9g9%
Fiber 4.1g17%
Sugar 3.4g4%
Protein 9g18%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutritional info is approximate.

Course Main Course, Soup
Cuisine Asian, Vegan
Keyword vegan miso soup
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Hearty One-Pot Meal Miso Soup: This vegan one-pot meal contains rich miso broth, protein-rich edamame, flavorful and filling soba noodles, and fresh green and orange vegetables.

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  1. Tiffany

    September 19, 2011 at 10:51 am

    I’m a huge fan of miso soup and really like the sound of your hearty version of it. And it looks gorgeous. What a perfectly belly-pleasing meal!

    Reply
  2. Katie Cain

    September 19, 2011 at 11:35 am

    I have miso soup for breakfast occasionally…nice idea to make it into a one-pot dinner. Such great ingredients in this soup and most are relatively easy to keep on hand, too. Your photo makes me want to make it tonight. 🙂

    Reply
  3. Mary Pomerantz

    September 19, 2011 at 11:39 am

    Great recipe! I’m going to make it some time this week. I am also a lover of one pot meals. Unless I am entertaining, I see know reason to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. I’ve tried many of your recipes and one in particular I remember is the “Berber Stew” recipe. I loved the recipe because you gave us a spice mix to use. Your recipe that I modified to make it “one dish” was your mini-quiche recipe. I bake it all in one 9×9 in pan instead of individual servings. Thanks for the inspiration!

    Reply
  4. Sue Bair

    September 19, 2011 at 12:11 pm

    This looks so awesome. I think I know what dinner is tonight. Thanks!

    Reply
  5. Lois Gowen

    September 19, 2011 at 12:36 pm

    That makes our mouth water. Just got back from the weekly marketing, but we are having miso soup next week. Thanks.

    Reply
  6. Katia

    September 19, 2011 at 12:54 pm

    Thanks! One-pot meals are sooo handy. I love your idea of adding some wasabi. I often make miso soup, very yummy and very similar to yours, but i hadn’t thought of that! I’m sure it tastes delicious and i’ll make your version for lunch tomorrow. I’ll be adding some snippets of spring onion too. I agree, miso soup followed by vegan sushi (and finally some fresh lychees and a cup of Japanese sencha or jasmine organic green tea) is an ambrosial meal 🙂

    Reply
  7. janet @ the taste space

    September 19, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    I am the queen of one-pot meals!! Some of your one-pot meals that I have liked are the Creamy Cashew kale and Chickpeas (no need for the quinoa to make a complete meal), African Pineapple Peanut Stew, and the North African Chickpea and Kale Soup.

    A few others that I have bookmarked include the French Lentil and Portabella Stew and the Eggplant and Chickpea Curry.

    My most recent favourite one-pot meal salad (if you use canned beans) was this:
    Skillet-Toasted Corn, Tomato and Anasazi Bean Salad
    http://tastespace.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/skillet-toasted-corn-tomato-and-anasazi-bean-salad/

    This Brazilian Black Bean Soup is a lovely hearty soup, too (one-pot if using canned beans):
    http://tastespace.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/brazilian-black-bean-soup/

    I am also fond of this completely inauthentic kitchari with quinoa and red lentils: http://tastespace.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/quinoa-and-red-lentil-kitchari/

    One-pot meals don’t always have to be soups or stews.. this is a simple roasted broccoli and chickpea dish: http://tastespace.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/forty-clove-chickpeas-and-broccoli/

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    • janet @ the taste space

      September 19, 2011 at 1:47 pm

      Just thinking about it and your cashew kale is not one-pot since you have to puree the cashews! But it is still super tasty. 😉

      Reply
      • js

        September 19, 2011 at 3:58 pm

        It is if you buy cashew butter or make some ahead of time that you keep on hand. 🙂

        Reply
  8. Karmalily

    September 19, 2011 at 1:53 pm

    I also love one-pot meals – primarily because I despise doing dishes!

    Reply
  9. Sarah H

    September 19, 2011 at 2:33 pm

    Your food is so beautiful and inspiring I actually use your photographs as wallpaper on my laptop! Thank you for sharing all of your hard work with us! Your blog is one of my favorite resources for healthy living, especially if I’m in a rut. 🙂

    Reply
  10. Ginger

    September 19, 2011 at 3:17 pm

    You can get 100% buckwheat soba noodles from Eden Organics, but they are pricey. I eat this soup all the time and absolutely love it.

    Reply
  11. moonwatcher

    September 19, 2011 at 4:03 pm

    Hi Susan,

    This looks awesome!! As you know, my kinda soup bowl! For those who need to be gluten free Eden does make soba noodles that are 100% buckwheat. They are pricey, about 7 bucks, but very good. I have treated myself to them now and then when I can find them. Here is a link:

    http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=108300

    Off the top of my head, your Mexican pumpkin soup has made me many a satisfying one pot meal. I usually make it with pureed winter squash, since I’m likely to have that frozen from the garden, and use multi-colored potatoes. I put salad greens or spinach in the bottom of a big soup bowl, ladle it in, and top with cilantro (or parsley if you can’t abide cilantro). That I’ve got my greens and several veggies and beans all in one bowl. It’s a great wintertime lunch or supper when there’s snow on the ground up here in the north country!

    A note about the 100% buckwheat noodles: they produce a lot of “froth” as they start to cook, so if you use them, stand by and be ready to turn down the heat or take the lid off so you don’t have a frothy overflow. 🙂

    Thanks for another great recipe!

    xo

    moonwatcher

    Reply
  12. Blue

    September 19, 2011 at 5:14 pm

    I usually do the same on ‘Sushi night’ ie. make a whole lot of little tasty morsals but it takes ages and I always end up eating after the family have finished theirs! This looks like something they will all love.

    Reply
  13. Joann

    September 19, 2011 at 6:43 pm

    I love love love one-pot meals, and this one looks beautiful.

    Reply
  14. GetSkinnyGoVegan

    September 19, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    Looks so wonderful & earthy! Love Wakame in soup…..Well, I try to!!! I do like it unless I think about it too too much. Miso Meals Rock!

    Reply
  15. Haley

    September 19, 2011 at 11:07 pm

    Holy YUM, this looks amazing!! And I just might have everything on hand 🙂 DINNER!!!

    Reply
  16. Michelle

    September 20, 2011 at 1:43 am

    I make something very similar! It is fast and easy and fresh. I sometimes include seaweed and a huge spoonful of peanut butter. It’s so good!

    Reply
  17. Kavi

    September 20, 2011 at 2:43 am

    I love this recipe! Its new for me & looks really beautiful!
    –
    Kavi | Edible Entertainment

    Reply
  18. danielle

    September 20, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    this looks amazing! do you think i can use red miso?

    Reply
    • SusanV

      September 20, 2011 at 12:05 pm

      Sure! Start with a little less and add more to taste since it’s stronger.

      Reply
  19. Ninufar

    September 20, 2011 at 8:35 pm

    Too funny – I made an almost-one-pot miso stew dealie tonight, too!

    I tend to cook enough rice in my rice cooker for 3 or 4 meals, so that means most of my meals are effectively one-pot meals… I also dedicate one afternoon each weekend to slower vegetable prep, then I refrigerate or freeze the rest. Couldn’t do it every night.

    So happy that you got to go to the convention, sounds like it was a wonderful time! Am slightly pouty that your upcoming book involvement is as photographer rather than as culinary mastermind… (I want YOUR book, so there! 😉

    It doesn’t help that somehow my taste buds and Ms. Atlas’ aren’t very aligned. I hope the book does very well anyway!

    Reply
  20. Fiona

    September 21, 2011 at 1:41 am

    What a fantastic idea to do a section called One-Pot Meals! I love when you post one-pot recipes. My favorites have always been your soups. I’d love to see some one-pot meal soups that are cold for summer (even though I know it’s going into fall in the US now). This soup looks awesome and I had actually already bought the ingredients to make your other miso soup recipe you have posted but this looks so good I might wait til I go grocery shopping next and buy a few things from this recipe and combine them together. I will post when I try it!

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    • Fiona

      September 22, 2011 at 4:49 am

      Just had this for dinner and loved it! I always loved miso soup but rarely made it because I also tend to like cooking one meal that covers all the bases rather than a bunch of little ones. But with this recipe I think I will be enjoying miso soup a lot more now! Thank you for the ingenious idea! I used broccoli and 1.5 cups white mushrooms instead of carrots and bok choy. I love mushrooms so it was great to have a lot. I also used cubed silken tofu instead of edamame. (I made a miso soup in between this one and your other one.) I used 6 T miso (athough I will add more tomorrow when I eat it for lunch) and used only 10 cups water. I didn’t add seaweed because I can’t find it where I am. I can get nori though – do you know if I could break up little pieces of nori and get a similar result? Thanks again for the great recipe!

      Reply
      • SusanV

        September 22, 2011 at 7:05 am

        Aim so glad you liked it! I think nori will be fine. You can cut it into pieces or even powder it and add it to taste.

        Reply
  21. Josephine Royle

    September 21, 2011 at 3:35 pm

    I’m really enjoying your website-I’m a newly converted vegan-following Dr. Esselstyn’s program. Do you have any suggestions for an egg-white substitute that I can use in veggie burgers or vegetable pancakes (spinach or zucchini) ? I was thinking of using applesauce as a binder but have not tried it yet. Thanks for your help.

    Reply
    • SusanV

      September 21, 2011 at 3:45 pm

      I would probably use corn starch. Just mix 2 tablespoons of corn starch with 2 tablespoons of water to replace one egg or egg white. There’s a list of other substitutes on this page: http://fatfreevegan.com/substitutes-and-techniques-for-fat-free-cooking/

      Reply
  22. Lani Muelrath

    September 21, 2011 at 4:03 pm

    What a gorgeous picture – it reminds me of miso soup we ate every day last March in Palau at a Japanese restaurant. I can even smell it looking at your picture!

    As a fellow FF gal, you are clever to remind people that the sesame oil is so strong flavored that the amount you’d use to flavor a pot is spread so far that it is a tiny molecule in a vast miso soup universe. Brava!

    Lani Muelrath

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  23. Lani Teshima

    September 22, 2011 at 1:04 pm

    One quick tip when buying miso: In Japan, how salty the miso is seems to depend on its geographical origin. Miso from the Kanto area (where Tokyo is) generally tends to be redder and darker, while miso from the southwest regions (like Kyushu) are usually much lighter in color. In Japan, they are differentiated as “akamiso” (red miso) and “shiromiso” (white miso). Frankly, they are ALL brown, but akamiso is usually closer to a darker brown or brick brown color, while shiromiso is lighter, almost taupe or khaki. Generally, the white miso is MUCH milder and far less salty.

    If you want to toss in some more ingredients, I’d pop in some grilled tofu cubes and some roasted corn kernels. The tofu would add a bit of protein, too.

    I’ve actually never used miso soup for anything beyond soup by itself… This is a great idea. Typically, soba noodle bowls use a clear broth and I’ve never considered making it heartier this way. Thanks for the recipe.

    Reply
  24. Aline

    September 23, 2011 at 1:22 am

    I made this yesterday, the only thing that I changed was using tofu instead of edamame, since I was totally out of it. And I use my own homemade shiro miso in it. It came out wonderful! Super easy to make, thanks for the great recipe

    Reply
  25. Rae

    September 25, 2011 at 3:16 am

    Oh I love miso! Not a fan of noodles (because they look like worms and I’m weak to their mental powers!) but bok choy, sesame oil, and ginger, mmm! You’re speaking my language. Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
  26. Corrin Radd

    September 25, 2011 at 5:51 pm

    Made this tonight. Subbed chard greens for the bok choy and went a little easier on the wakame and much easier on the wasabi. Loved it. Thank you.

    Reply
  27. Leslie

    September 26, 2011 at 8:03 am

    Hi Susan, I made this for dinner a few nights ago and it was fantastic. Only made a few minor changes: used swiss chard instead of bok choy, subbed cubed lite silken tofu for the edamame, used dried mushrooms and fresh mushrooms (I LOVE mushrooms!), and used only about half the amount of soba noodles. My husband loved it as well. Thanks for another delicious recipe. ~Leslie

    Reply
  28. maryeb

    September 26, 2011 at 5:25 pm

    I made this over the weekend and it was wonderful. It’s even better the next day.
    I cooked the noodles separately to keep them from getting soggy and just added them to each individual bowl. I had to sub green cabbage since I couldn’t find bok choy.
    I’ll be making this again soon. Thanks for the great recipe.

    Reply
  29. Lori

    September 27, 2011 at 7:09 pm

    I made this tonight for dinner. My husband loved it. Thanks so much for this recipe! It’s quick and simple.

    Reply
  30. L Dunn

    October 2, 2011 at 5:28 am

    SusanV, this one pot Miso Soup is going to become one of my “I’m home late and I am hungry” meal. The recipe looks and sound AWESOME.

    Reply
  31. Liz

    October 5, 2011 at 6:29 am

    Made this last night! It came together surprisingly fast and was super delicious! Thanks for another great recipe. 🙂

    Reply
  32. Jeannine Fay

    October 5, 2011 at 6:20 pm

    Thank you for this. My kids slurped it up and asked for more. It was a hit, and I haven’t had one of those in a long time. I served it with a salad with carrot ginger dressing (http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/04/avocado-salad-with-carrot-ginger-dressing/) . In the dressing I just replaced the called for 1/4 cup oil with water and sure did not miss the oil on bit. Thanks again. Your website has been such a wonderful resource for me since I’ve gone vegan.

    Reply
  33. Lynne

    October 19, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    Made this last night. I didn’t have any baby bok choi nor did the grocery store so I used chard and while I love mushroom, not a fan of shitake, so left them out also. I used way more miso than the recipe called for, BUT it was the best miso I have ever had and I lived in Japan for 5 years where miso was even served for breakfast
    Thanks so much. This was awesome.

    Reply
  34. Carol @ The Not Quite Vegan

    October 23, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    This looks great! I just recently bought and tried miso for the first time, and I loooove it. I can’t believe I am just now discovering it, almost 4 years into being a vegetarian. I’ll definitely have to try this one. I am all for the one-pot meal idea. Thanks!

    Reply
  35. Michelle B

    November 6, 2011 at 4:37 pm

    Radishes are another awesome addition to hearty miso soups. Last summer I had some heirloom watermelon radishes from my CSA, which were fantastic in miso soup. I imagine Daikon would be good as well. Yum!

    Reply
  36. Diana J

    December 1, 2011 at 1:49 am

    We really enjoyed this meal. I used napa cabbage in place of the bok choy with terrific results. I also increased the miso for more pronounced flavor and added green onion as garnish. Thank you for this simple and satisfying soup!

    Reply
  37. Cyndie

    December 1, 2011 at 5:27 pm

    This Miso Soup looks wonderful! I am going to try it this weekend. I just have one question, what is wakame seaweed like and where do I find it? Is it dry like Nori? I have some of that.

    Reply
  38. Cyndie

    December 16, 2011 at 1:58 pm

    Susan,

    I just made a pot of your Hearty Miso Soup. It is wonderful! And that’s coming from someone who never liked Miso Soup at our local Japanese restaurant. I think your version is milder and it is so good. The only thing I did different is add Organic Extra Firm Tofu cut in small cubes. This will definitely be a regular at my house. Thanks for all the wonderful recipes. You have made my journey to vegan ever so much easier.

    Reply
  39. Jeanne's Daughter

    January 4, 2012 at 9:50 pm

    This looks wonderful. I like the idea of using edamame as the protein source in a soup. I am going to try this. Here’s another one-pot stop soup I concocted last year. The cauliflower gives it a nice smooth texture. http://tinyurl.com/itsinthesoup

    Reply
  40. Jeanne's Daughter

    January 10, 2012 at 4:40 pm

    I love to make curried cauliflower and chickpeas I found the recipe on epicurious, and it continues to wow vegetarians and meat-eaters alike! Here’s the link on epicurious: http://tinyurl.com/6nrgrv2.

    Reply
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