Rice, a light vegetable dish like fried breaded okra and this chunky chicken miso soup with chayote cubes make a delicious meal on a hot summer day.
Vegetables and a little meat served with lots of fluid are definitely easier to digest and they won’t raise your body temperature too much. We just have to get creative in fighting the terrible summer heat.
Don’t like chayote? Substitute another chunky and neutral tasting vegetable like potato or white cabbage. If you prefer a leafy vegetable, bok choy or wombok are good choices to add to chicken miso soup.
Chicken Miso Soup
Think of miso soup as a canvas. When you want it chunky, add meat and vegetables. That's the idea behind this delicious chicken miso soup. Filling but still light enough for summer.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 6 chicken thigh fillets I like them with then skin on, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 onion thinly sliced
- ½ teaspoon grated ginger
- 1 large chayote peeled, cored and cut into 3/4-inch cubes
- fish sauce to taste
- 1 packet dashi
- 2 heaping tablespoons miso paste
- drizzle sesame seed oil
- sliced scallions to garnish
Instructions
- Heat the cooking oil in a pot.
- Add the chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink. Add about a tablespoonful of fish sauce, stir, continue cooking until the mixture is almost dry.
- Add the sliced onion and grated ginger. Cook, stirring often, until fragrant, about a minute.
- Add the chayote cubes. Pour in about six cups of water. Bring to the boil, lower the heat, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes or until the chayote cubes are tender.
- Add the dashi. Stir. Turn off the heat.
- Take about a quarter cup of the broth, pour into a bowl, add the miso paste and stir until smooth and pourable. Pour the mixture into the pot. Stir. Taste. Add more fish sauce, if needed.
- Drizzle in a little sesame seed oil. Sprinkle with the sliced scallions. Serve.
