This Lion's Mane Mushroom Soup is the EASIEST, HEALTHIEST, and LIGHTEST soup you'll ever have! It's packed with nutritious ingredients in a super flavorful broth. It's light in calories but filling in the tummy.
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Lion's Mane Miso Soup
You know the miso soup from Japanese restaurants and sushi places? Where the broth is so delicious but the soup is usually lacking in actual... ingredients... and isn't filling? Well this lion's mane soup fixes that problem!
This soup has a super flavorful broth made with dashi powder (that's the umami-packed seaweed broth that is the base of the soup and it's soooo tasty) and miso paste (for additional umami and saltiness). But instead of a few sad pieces of tofu floating around, this soup is loaded with super healthy lion's mane mushroom and super greens. Oh, and it's seasoned with green onion, garlic, and ginger for even more flavor and health benefits.
This soup takes less than 20 minutes to make from start to finish, and can be "souped up" with more filling ingredients to make it a complete meat. Try adding cubed tofu, ramen noodles, or a soft-boiled duck egg! You can get some inspiration from my enoki soba noodle soup which also has a tasty gingery broth.
Lion's mane recipe
Lion's mane is so versatile. It can be coated in flour and pan fried (see my pan-fried lion's mane), turned into vegetarian "steaks" (see my lion's mane steaks), or turned into soup. The delicate, buttery flavor of lion's mane is delicious either way!
I absolutely love the lion's mane mushroom. I've grown it myself using this North Spore mushroom growing kit, and ALWAYS buy it when I am lucky enough to find it at farmer's markets.
More mushroom recipes: Fried Enoki Mushrooms
Ingredients
- ½ lb lion's mane mushroom, torn into small bite-sized pieces (I've grown it from this mushroom growing kit a couple of times!)
- 2 cups dashi stock (made from 2 cups HOT water + dashi powder or dashi granule packets. I love these dashi packets. You can make the stock directly in the soup pot, so use enough dashi powder to make 2 cups of stock, per the instructions on the packaging)
- 3-4 tablespoons white miso paste (to taste, start with 3 tablespoons)
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger (don't use more, it will make the broth too spicy and bitter. If you want some heat, add red pepper flakes to serve)
- 2-3 cups baby kale or baby spinach (see notes below if you want to use regular kale)
- 2-3 scallions, thinly sliced at an angle
- red pepper flakes, to serve
Equipment
You'll need a medium sized pot (about 2-3 quarts) to make this soup.
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Instructions
In your medium soup pot, combine 2 cups of hot water with enough dashi powder to make 2 cups of dashi broth (use as much as the packaging recommends to make 2 cups). Mix well. Note: if using regular kale instead of baby kale, chop it up and add it now to give it time to soften and cook through.
Bring to a simmer, and add the torn lion's mane mushroom pieces. Simmer for 2-3 minutes.
In a separate container, combine 3 tablespoons miso paste with 1 cup warm water and whisk together so no miso clumps remain.
Add the miso water and the rest of the ingredients, except for the red pepper flakes. Continue to heat until the greens are wilted, but don't let the soup boil. Give it a taste and add a bit of water if it's too salty, or stir in more miso paste if it's not salted enough.
Remove from heat and serve warm, garnishing with red pepper flakes.
That's it!! Super easy.
More easy, hearty, healthy soup recipes to try: Sweet Potato Leek Soup
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Lion's Mane Soup
Ingredients
- ½ lb lion's mane mushroom - cleaned and torn into small bite-sized pieces
- 2 cups dashi stock - made from 2 cups HOT water + dashi powder or dashi granule packets. Use enough dashi powder to make 2 cups of stock, per the instructions on the packaging
- 3-4 tablespoons white miso paste - to taste, start with 3 tablespoons
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 cloves garlic - thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- 2-3 cups baby kale or baby spinach - see notes below if you want to use regular kale
- 2-3 scallions - thinly sliced at an angle
- red pepper flakes - for serving
Special equipment
Instructions
- In your medium soup pot, combine 2 cups of hot water with enough dashi powder to make 2 cups of dashi broth (use as much as the packaging recommends to make 2 cups). Mix well.
- Bring to a simmer, and add the torn lion's mane mushroom pieces. Simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- In a separate container, combine 3 tablespoons miso paste with 1 cup warm water and whisk together so no miso clumps remain.
- Add the miso water and the rest of the ingredients, except for the red pepper flakes. Continue to heat until the greens are wilted, but don't let the soup boil. Give it a taste and add a bit of water if it's too salty, or stir in more miso paste if it's not salted enough. Remove from heat and serve warm, garnishing with red pepper flakes.
Notes
Nutrition
The nutritional information displayed is an estimate and not to be used as dietary or nutritional advice. Consult a nutritionist or dietician for nutritional info based on the exact ingredients you use.