Categories: Soups
Ingredients
- 1 tbs dark sesame oil
- 1/4 pound fresh mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 2 medium carrots, chopped fine
- 3 medium carrots, cut into matchsticks
- 1 medium red bell pepper, cut into matchsticks
- 1/2 pound baby bok choy (white part cut into matchsticks and green part shredded very thin for use later in the recipe)
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
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- 5 cups no-salt-added vegetable broth, or water
- 2 stalks fresh lemon grass (cut in half and then into 4 inch pieces, and tied very tightly together in a cheese cloth)
- 14 oz canned tomatoes, pureed
- 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper (or to taste)
- 1 tbs dehydrated lily flowers, chopped
- 2 1/2 cups fresh pineapple, cubed
- 6 kaffir lime leaves ( or use 1 tsp minced lime zest)
- 16 oz firm tofu (pressed to remove as much water as possible)
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
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- 1 tbs ginger juice, fresh (squeezed from fresh, grated ginger root)
- 6 tbs white miso
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 2 tbs granulated sugar
- 3 tbs tamari soy sauce
- 4 tbs brown rice vinegar
- 1/4 c fresh basil, chopped fine
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- GARNISH
- 1/4 c fresh basil, chopped
- 3/4 c green onions, chopped fine
Directions
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Heat a large pot over medium-high heat and add oil. Add mushrooms and saute for a few minutes. Add onions and continue to cook for about 5 minutes. Add carrots and cook for a couple minutes. Add red bell pepper and continue to saute for 2 minutes. Add white part of baby bok choy and garlic, and cook all these vegetables for 2 more minutes.
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Add the broth, lemon grass (be sure it is tied together well) pureed tomatoes, cayenne pepper, lily flowers, pineapple, kaffir lime leaves, tofu (cut in cubes) and salt to the soup. Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer for about 25 minutes.
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When it is done cooking,remove lemon grass and kaffir lime leaves and stir in the green part of the baby bok choy.
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Take one cup of the soup out of the pot and pt in a bowl. Add the remaining soup
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ingredients (from ginger to basil) to this one cup of soup making sure that all the miso dissolves. Add this one cup back to the soup and stir in. Garnish each bowl with basil and green onions.