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What is Miso?
Miso is a traditional Japanese seasoning paste produced by fermenting soybeans, salt, rice, or barley. It is one of the most staple seasonings in Japanese cuisine because it’s really versatile. We use it pretty much every day in everything such as miso soup, dip for vegetables, marinade for meat or fish, and even in Japanese sweets. Also, miso is highly beneficial to health. The saltiness of miso doesn’t affect blood pressure as much as other salty seasoning does.
You might be thinking miso is the same flavour as soy sauce in a different form but actually, they are so different! If you’re assuming that you can use miso and soy sauce interchangeably, please do not do that!
What kind of Miso is best for the recipe?
Nowadays, you can find different kinds of miso in ordinary grocery stores in lots of countries. The most common miso which is called awase miso in Japanese is best for the recipe. You don’t need to look for a particular type of miso in Asian grocery stores.
Ingredients You Will need
Pasta – I like to use spaghetti to eat with miso tomato sauce, but you can use any type of pasta such as tagliatelle, penne or even gnocchi.
Tomatoes – I use tinned tomatoes to make this miso tomato sauce but fresh tomatoes can be used in this recipe if you want your sauce more light and fresh.
Miso – Awase miso is the best for this tomato sauce. Awase miso is the most common type of miso which you can buy at pretty much any grocery store.
Onion – I usually use yellow onion but red onion is fine as well.
Garlic – If you don’t like the flavour of garlic, just omit it.
Salt – Salt is essential for pasta water. Put 8-10 % of salt into water for cooking pasta.
Olive oil – Extra virgin olive oil is good for frying garlic and onion.
Parmesan cheese – This is optional. If you want to keep your pasta vegan just skip it.
How to Make Miso Tomato Spaghetti
- Boil the pasta following pack instructions in lots of salted water. Put 8g of salt per 1L of water.
- Pour some olive oil into a frying pan and add chopped garlic to saute for 1 minute on low heat. Add chopped onion and fry it until softened.
- Add tinned tomatoes and boil them for a couple of minutes. Finally, add miso in the sauce and freshly ground black pepper. The sauce is done.
- Toss the cooked pasta in the sauce and pour some pasta water. Stir well until the sauce has been emulsified with starchy pasta water. Add some salt if needed.
More Miso Recipes
Vegan Deep Fried Tofu with Sweet Miso Sauce and Peanuts (Miso Peanut Karaage)
Miso and Peanut Butter Blondie with Chocolate Chunks
Potato Tempura With Sweet Miso Sauce
Miso Tomato Spaghetti
Equipment
- 1 Frying pan
- 1 Large Pot
Ingredients
- 400 g Spaghetti
- 400 g Tined cut tomatoes
- 2 tbsp Miso
- some Black pepper
- 2 cloves Garlic finely chopped
- 1 Onion chopped into small pieces
- some Olive Oil
- some Salt For pasta water
- some Parmesan Cheese optional
Instructions
- Boil the pasta following pack instructions in lots of salted water. Put 8g of salt per 1L of water.
- Meanwhile, pour some olive oil into a frying pan and add chopped garlic to saute for 1 minute on low heat. Add chopped onion and fry it until softened. Add tinned tomatoes and boil them for a couple of minutes. Finally, add miso in the sauce and freshly ground black pepper.
- Toss the cooked pasta in the sauce and pour some pasta water. Stir well until the sauce has been emulsified with starchy pasta water. Add some salt if needed.To serve, sprinkle grated parmesan cheese on top (this is optional) and enjoy it!
