Jenny’s Dashi Soup
Thursday June 04, 2009
A lot of people asked for the recipe to the quick, low calorie soup I made on Sunday. So here’s a recipe! This is an extremely simple soup you can customize to fit your own taste. The major components are dashi and boiled cabbage. I used dried shiitake dashi powder. However, dashi is simple to make. Here are a few recipes for shiitake (or mushroom) dashi. I prefer shiitake dashi, but you can use kombu dashi as well. This web site sells some instant dashi packets. I also used somen noodles but you could substitute with soba or udon noodles if you like.
Also you could boil the cabbage with the dumplings if you don’t have boiled cabbage ready. I tend to boil whole heads of cabbage at a time so I just add it in at the end.
Let’s get started!
Jenny’s Dashi Soup Makes 2 bowls worth
What you’ll need!
- Boiled Cabbage
- Shiitake Dashi (1 packet’s worth)
- 2 ~ 3 Frozen Gyoza
- Somen Noodles (about a thumb’s thickness worth)
- Hot Sauce (a few drops to taste)
- Chopped Chives (about 1/2 tablespoon’s worth)
- 2 cups water
Pour 2 cups water into a small saucepan over medium high heat. Let the water heat for about 2 minutes but don’t let it boil just yet! We just want it to warm up before adding the ingredients.
Then add the dashi, uncooked noodles, frozen dumplings, chives, and as much hot sauce as you like. A few drops is enough to add a spicy taste! Stir!
Cook on medium-high heat, uncovered, until the soup comes to a boil. Boil for 2 to 3 minutes! Then remove from heat.
Place a few leaves of the boiled cabbage into a bowl. Add soup with dumplings and noodles to the bowl.
ENJOY!
NOTE:
The items highest in calories are the noodles and dumplings. For less calories use only 1 or 2 gyoza and 1/2 the amount of noodles. For lunch I only use 2 dumplings and 1/2 the amount of noodles shown. The recipe above is roughly 350 calories in all. Feel free to add in other ingredients such as tofu or shiitake mushrooms!
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50 Responses to “Jenny’s Dashi Soup”
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That looks delicious! I was interested in this recipe ever since the last post
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amazing! i love the way you made this recipe into something fun, delicious, & of course, cute! :)
it looks so yummy! & i’ll definitely try this sometime soon~ thank so much for sharing!!
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wow! looks great! thanks for the recipe :D
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Oh nomnomnom! It looks really good, I must try this sometime!
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I’m so glad you posted this! It looks so simple and delicious (and I won’t complain about the low calories, either), so I’m really excited to try it out. ●◡●
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*Sees you on food network
COOKING WITH JENSAMA -
Aww this is such a cute post, and I love cooking too so I will definitely try this! Thank you for the recipe!!
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omg where do i get the stuff to make thiiiiiiiiiiis. it looks so good :)
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Ohhh I always want to eat dumpling noodles, but I’m lazy… So usually I only get around to making the noodle part v__v; lately I like udon + soy sauce dashi soup :9 but it’s kind of simple :/
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Ooh yay – Texas Pete: CHECK Gyoza: CHECK Ev’rthang else: …. not
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I like Shiitake dashi. Usually I buy dry Shiitake and soak them into the water to wait for 30 min. or something. And this soup is so good to Nimono, too. (Nimono=something like this, this is also low calorie with high fiber! http://tokyokawaiietc.com/japanese-foods/hijiki-ni )
BTW, I’ve updated a new episode about bag fashion in Tokyo, and in this episode, cher eco bag is also introduced. Isn’t it surprising that Beni-chan (a famous singer and the one who navigates the show with Mr. Ikki) didn’t know it?
Although it’s only a couple of minutes for cher, I’ll leave a link here so that you or your readers might wanna check that out. :p
http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2153
I am impressed how much effort you make to keep yourself in good shape.
Living in Japan means I am supposed to be able to eat less calorie foods like this, but I cannot help my appetite…(-_-;) -
I’ve just posted my comment, but is it gone??? (@_@)?
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Yummy~ I wanna try it but it’s just the effort to go to the kitchen and do something that’s holding me back!!! D: I have to get in the mood first lol
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this looks great and healthy too! i think i’m going to try it. i love your updates!
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omg that seriously looks soooo good! i have to try that.
i really need to diet before i go to Japan in August! hhaha hot sauce…! is soy sauce also a good substitute?
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I am totally trying this. I bought a whole bunch of veggies to make cabbage soup but I now regret it because I don’t like a lot of the vegetables included in the recipe. Thanks so much for this!
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That looks deliciousss
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Looks delicious! Wish I could eat it though its so hard to find gluten free dumplings D: I would love to know your secret into what keeps you motivated to loose weight, I seem to forget after one day that I’m on a diet :D
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I would SO try this, but I’m afraid I’d totally mess it up!! :( *is awful in the kitchen, haha*
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That looks so yummy, and I’d love to try it with mushrooms in it. :’D
I’m also glad I can sub udon for somen because I don’t really like the texture of somen. D:
350 cals. YUMMO. It’s cheap on the tummy register. XD
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This looks so delicious!! This post has inspired me to cook haha. Thank you for sharing!!! ♥♥♥ ^_^
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Holy freaking crap, Jenny. This has been saved in my bookmarks. It looks so delicious! I’ll have to cook it sometime…if only I knew where to buy dashi in my God-forsaken town. :/
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Oh yum! I like your blue measuring cup; I’ve made the decision to only buy colorful kitchen tools to encourage myself to actually cook stuff. As a result I find myself buying children’s cupcake pans and bowls! Oh well-maybe smaller portions will make for a healthier lunch, lol. Btw do you ever go to Modcloth? I feel like you’d like their stuff: http://www.modcloth.com
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Looks good :D~ I’ll probably try it out sometime this summer hopefully :) Thanks for the recipe!
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ohhh yum should try after my exams! :)
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Oh man that looks so good ;_;
It’s weird, I like boiled gyoza more than fried (blasphemy) so this looks amazing ;D
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Oh that looks yummy!!
Good thing it’s lunch time because I feel hungry now…
Since I’m Chinese I already eat a lot of noodles and dumplings and soup that I’m getting tired of them but something about your soup stirs my appetite :) -
Gah I envy people who are able/willing to cook. I can cook… eggs? Sometimes? Mostly I just eat cereal. :-/
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MMM! NOM NOM NOM *
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So, seriously, I was just in my kitchen and I pulled out cabbage to fry up when I remembered your soup. So I came to your site to look at the picture to guesstimate ingredients, but here you have the recipe already, haha! Thank you :)
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Jen~ Sorry, I haven’t been keeping in touch for a while…
I really like this recipe! It includes some of my favorite food!! I’m gonna try it sometime ^^ Thanks for sharing!!
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Will definitely try out your recipe! You should share more. I love the pictures that you have of each step.
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it looks absolutely delicious jen! 3 sorry im very mindful with what i eat for the past few months…lost 30 lbs xD
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haha~~ how cute!! i will definitely try this out this summer! im gonna go to little tokyo very soon, so I will be able to find some of this stuff!~
hope all is well~~~
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It looks so good! :D
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Aww! Cooking with you is so cute. I am going to have to try this for sure.