Japanese Bacon and Vegetable Soup

Japanese Bacon and Vegetable Soup

PREP TIME

10 minutes

COOK TIME

90 minutes

YIELDS

4

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pkt (15 g) Japanese spice
  • 150 g bacon pieces
  • 150 g dried soup mix beans
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 celery stalks sliced
  • ½ cauliflower chopped
  • 3 carrots, chopped
  • 1 L veg stock
  • 100 g spinach leaves
  • 1 tbsp tonkatsu sauce* 

Memories

The introduction of curry to Japan is said to be in the early 1800s when Anglo-Indian Royal Navy sailors brought the curry powder of India combined with the sweet additions of apples to suit the British pallet to the shores of Japan. It was commonly cooked in army mess halls during the 1870s, as the curry was an easy way to feed large groups of soldiers and incorporate meat into their diet.

Directions

STEP 1

Sauté onion, celery & bacon 5 min. Add spice, sauté 1 min.

STEP 2

Add dried soup mix, carrots, stock, tonkatsu sauce and cauliflower, bring to a boil, simmer for 30 min.

STEP 3

Stir in spinach leaves. simmer 5 min