Vegetarian tortilla soup with miso
May 19, 2009 at 4:57 pm (A (4 stars, love, favorite), Cruciferous rich, Mexican & S. American, Miso, Monthly menu plan: dinner, Peter Berley, Quick weeknight recipe, soup) (preschooler-approved)
I’ve tried to make vegetarian tortilla soup before, and although I don’t know exactly what the chicken-based version tastes like, I know that I’ve never achieved it. Recently, however, I tried a recipe for tortilla soup from Peter Berley’s cookbook “Fresh Food Fast.” The key innovation is that he uses a miso broth instead of a simple vegetable broth. I thought it would be strange—miso soup with lime in it?—but it was delicious, and tasted like (what I imagine) tortilla soup is supposed to taste like. It definitely tasted more Mexican than Japanese. Everyone in our family really likes this soup, including five-year-old Alma.
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