Rustic Miso Soup With Tofu and Seaweed

Bolder than your average miso soup, this version, inspired by one made at the Brooklyn restaurant Ganso Yaki, achieves its rich flavor with a robust dashi and blend of both dark and mild miso. Consider using hatcho miso for the dark one—it's a dense, heartier style made strictly with soybeans (as opposed to both rice and soybeans).

Japanese Superfood Miso Soup

This Superfood miso soup uses a homemade dashi stock made with dried kombu (kelp), shiitake mushrooms, and bonito flakes. Add soft tofu, lots of healthy spinach, scallions, and miso results in a much heartier miso soup than your favorite Japanese restaurant or sushi place.

Natto (Japanese Fermented Soybeans)

Making your own natto—Japan's famously slimy fermented beans with a subtle coffee aroma—allows for nearly endless customization.

Miso Soup With Mixed Seasonal Vegetables

Inspired by the ever-changing seasonal miso soup that Okonomi restaurant in Brooklyn serves for breakfast, this bright, colorful version is a celebration of market produce. You can swap out the vegetables in this recipe for trimmings from last night's dinner, or use whatever is in season—just be sure to use a mix of colors and vegetable parts, such as a leaf, a root, and a stem.

Easy Miso Soup

A super simple, hearty, and easy miso soup that can be made from pantry ingredients. In our experience, it also makes a great cold remedy!

Ultimate Vegan Ramen With Miso Broth

This vegetarian ramen has a rich, creamy broth that's layered with flavor and thick enough to coat the noodles as they're slurped from the bowl and four different toppings.

Easy One-Pot Miso Soup

Traditional miso soup uses second dashi—an intense soup stock made from the leftover sea kelp and shaved bonito from first dashi. This quick version of miso soup achieves a full flavored soup base without the need to make two separate batches of stock.

Michael Natkin's Soba Noodles in Shiitake-Shoyu Broth with Spring Vegetables

This vegetarian stock uses kombu, dried shiitakes, leeks, ginger, garlic, and soy to recreate the deep flavors of the decidedly un-veggie friendly inspiration.

Japanese Udon With Mushroom-Soy Broth, Stir-Fried Mushrooms, and Cabbage (Vegan)

Dried mushrooms are the secret to this intensely-flavored mushroom-soy broth that is 100% vegan. Serve it with udon noodles topped with with stir-fried mushrooms and cabbage, scallions, and fried tofu.

Poulet's Sumo Wrestler Stew (Chankonabe)

This Sumo Wrestler Stew or Chankonabe from Poulet is a traditional method of carbo-loading for Japan's massive wrestlers. It's a hearty, bursting bowl of soup filled with rice, udon noodles, chicken thighs, tofu, and a load of good-for-your veggies. But even if you're not about enter the dohyō (that's a sumo ring), it's a fantastically filling bowl of soup and perfect for winter.