Simple Way to Make Ultimate Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, monk’s vegan soup ‘kenchin-jiru’. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have monk’s vegan soup ‘kenchin-jiru’ using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’:

1. Make ready 1-2 teaspoons Sesame Oil
2. Take 1/2 Carrot
3. Get 5 cm Daikon (White Radish)
4. Take 4-5 Satoimo (small Taros) *OR 1 large Potato
5. Get 10 cm Gobo (Burdock Root) *optional
6. Get 1 pinch Salt
7. Make ready 4 tablespoons Soy Sauce
8. Prepare Ground Chilli OR finely ground White Pepper *optional
9. Make ready 200 g Tofu *medium firm type such as ‘Momen’
10. Make ready 1 sheet Abura-age (Fried Thin Tofu)
11. Take 3 & 1/2 cups Water
12. Prepare 1 Spring Onion *finely shopped
13. Make ready 10 cm Kombu (Kelp)
14. Prepare <Stock>
15. Take 4-5 Dried Shiitake
16. Make ready *Note: You can use 1 heaped teaspoon Dashi Powder instead

Steps to make Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’:

1. Prepare the stock first. Place cold Water in a bowl, add cleaned Kombu (Kelp) and Dried Shiitake, and soak for at least 1-2 hours. Softened Shiitake can be cut into small pieces and added to the soup later.
2. *Note: Do not add the softened Kombu to the soup. Kombu will get slimy and unpleasant flavour will come out. Use it for something else.
3. Cut all Vegetables and Tofu into small pieces that are easy to eat. Finely cut Spring Onion for topping.
4. Heat Sesame Oil in a large saucepan or pot, stir-fry Vegetables for a few minutes. Add 1 pinch Salt to season.
5. Add 3 cups Kombu (Kelp) and Shiitake stock. (*Avoid the dirt and settlings.) Bring to the simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Season with Soy Sauce and cook until all vegetables are soft.
6. *Note: I add 1 pinch Ground Chilli OR White Pepper for a hint of spiciness. This is totally untraditional, but I like it.
7. When Vegetables are soft, add Abura-age (Fried Thin Tofu) and Tofu, and bring back to the boil. Then it’s done!
8. Sprinkle with finely chopped Spring Onion and enjoy.

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