Friday, 19 September 2008

Okinawan Recipes from Relief Society

Miso Soup (5 Servings)

Ingredients:
4 cups water
1/2 cup pork meat, thinly sliced
1/2 cup daikon (white radish), thinly sliced
1/4 cup carrot, thinly sliced
1 bag (8g) dashinomoto (soup stock granules)
1 tablespoon wakame (seaweed), soak in water and cut to small pieces
2 tablespoons miso paste
4 green onions, thinly sliced

Directions:
In a medium saucepan: add 4 cups of water, pork meat, daikon, and carrots. Boil until carrots are tender. Reduce heat to medium, and add dashinomoto and wakame. 30 seconds later, simmer gently. In small bowl, take 4 oz of liquid from saucepan and dissolve 2 tablespoons miso paste then add to saucepan. Remove soup from heat and put green onion. Serve immediately.

Yakisoba (5 servings)

Ingredients:
2 cups pork or beef meat, thinly sliced
1 each carrot, cut into long thin strips
1/2 yellow onion, thinly sliced
1/3 medium head cabbage, coursely chopped
1/2 bag (1/2 kg) yakisoba noodles
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
*Add salt and black pepper to taste
1/4~1/2 cup yakisoba sauce (recommend thicker one)

Directions:
In a large skillet put olive oil, stir fry pork meat 30 seconds and add salt and black pepper to your taste. Add carrot and stir fry 30 seconds. Add yellow onion and stir fry 30 seconds. Add cabbage and stir fry 30 seconds and reduce heat medium, and add 1/8 cups sauce. Add noodles and the rest of sauce and mix well; remove from heat.

I liked it all.

1 comment:

drb42 said...

Desiree,
I already know how to make Miso Soup! I love putting Sitake mushrooms in it! It is very yummy! I learned that many of my Asian friends dump thier rice in their soup as well!