Tonjiru pork and vegetable miso soup

Name: Tonjiru pork and vegetable miso soup
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 200g pork belly slices, thinly sliced; 1 carrot, cut into half moons; 1 sweet potato, peeled and cubed; 100g daikon, or white radish, cut into half moons; 200g firm tofu, cubed; 1 leek, sliced; 1l water; 3 tbsp white miso paste (gluten free); 1 tsp sesame oil; 1 tbsp spring onion, sliced, to serve

A hearty miso soup packed with thin pork, root vegetables and tofu. Warming, filling and ready in 40 minutes.

Time40 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.16 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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200 gpork belly slicesthinly sliced
1carrotcut into half moons
1sweet potatopeeled and cubed
100 gdaikonor white radish, cut into half moons
200 gfirm tofucubed
1leeksliced
1 lwater
3 tbspwhite miso paste (gluten free)
1 tspsesame oil
1 tbspspring onionsliced, to serve

Method

1
Heat the sesame oil in a large pan over a medium heat. Fry the pork for 3 minutes until the fat turns pale.
3 min
2
Add the carrot, sweet potato, daikon and leek. Stir for 2 minutes.
3
Pour in the water and bring to the boil. Skim off any grey scum. Simmer for 15 minutes until the vegetables are soft.
15 min
4
Add the tofu and simmer for 3 minutes.
3 min
5
Turn the heat to low. Put the miso in a ladle, whisk in a little hot soup until smooth, then stir it back into the pan. Do not boil it again.
6
Serve in bowls with spring onion on top.

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