Asian-ish Minestrone

Asian-ish Minestrone

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It does the job of your mommy's chicken soup - without the chicken and with an Asian twist. This recipe will easily feed 8.
Makes8

Ingredients

  • 1/4 Cup ginger peeled and julienned in'fine' 2' matchsticks
  • 1/4 Cup garlic minced
  • 1/2 head green cabbage core removed and chopped in 1' squares
  • 12 shitake mushrooms stems removed and sliced in 1/4' strips
  • 1 Vidallia or other sweet onion diced
  • 2 medium red potato diced
  • 2 carrots peeled and julienned in 'thick' matchsticks
  • 2 parsnip peeled and julienned in 'thick' matchsticks
  • 1 rutabaga peeled and diced about equal size to the red potatoes
  • 2 Tbsp sesame oil
  • 2 Tbsp soya oil
  • 3/4 tsp red chili flakes
  • 4 Tbsp tamari or soy sauce
  • 2 tsp sesame seeds
  • 1/2 Cup mirin
  • 1/2 Cup sake
  • 1/3 Cup white miso
  • 1 vegetable stock or 7 Cups vegetable stock
  • 1 zucchini - diced
  • salt
  • pepper

Vegetable Stock

  • 4 carrots peeled and roughly chopped
  • 4 parsnip peeled and roughly chopped
  • 4 celery stalks peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 piece ginger peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 shallots peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1/4 Cup dates pitted
  • 8 Cups Water
  • 1/4 Cup pitted dates
  • 8 Cups Water

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 F. Mix ginger, garlic, cabbage, mushrooms, onion, potatoes, parsnip and rutabaga in a large greased roasting pan. Add oils, tamari, chili flakes and sesame seeds and mix well to coat. Roast, mixing occasionally, until lightly colored.
  • Remove vegetables to large soup pot. Deglaze roasting pan with sake and mirin - and add deglaze to pot. Add stock and bring quickly to a boil.
  • Remove a couple of cups of hot stock to a bowl and dissolve miso - and add back to soup pot. Add zucchini, reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
  • Season with salt and pepper.

Vegetable Stock

  • Place all in soup pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer covered for 2 hours.

Notes

 
Place all in soup pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer covered for 2 hours.

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