About YUUMiso
A seasoning made by fermenting soybeans with salt and koji. Used for miso soup, stir-fries and marinades.
👀 At a glance
🫘Made fromSoybeans, salt, koji
🍶TypesRice, barley, soybean miso
🎨ColorWhite to reddish brown
🔥 How to use
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Miso soup
Once the ingredients are cooked, lower the heat and dissolve the miso
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Don’t boil
Boiling after adding miso makes the aroma fade
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Marinating
Meat or fish marinated in miso turns tender and toasty. It burns easily, so use lower heat
📊 Nutrition (per 100 g)
182kcal
12.5gProtein
12.4gSalt
Figures for light-colored rice miso[1]
⚠️ Be careful
- If you have a soy allergy, don’t use it
- It’s salty, so stick to the amount
🧊 Storage
Keep it in the fridge. Press plastic wrap onto the surface to keep the color.
Recipes with this ingredient
Asari Miso Soup (Clam Miso Soup)
About 1 hr 15 minServes 2–3
Buta no Misozuke Yaki (Miso-Marinated Pork)
About 50 minServes 2
Salmon Chan-Chan Yaki (Salmon and Vegetables with Miso Butter)
About 35 minServes 2
Furofuki Daikon (Simmered Daikon with Miso Sauce)
About 1 hr 10 minServes 2
Hiyajiru (Cold Miso Soup over Rice)
About 30 minServes 2
Ishikari Nabe (Salmon and Miso Hot Pot)
About 45 minServes 3–4
Potato and Onion Miso Soup
About 20 minServes 3
Jajangmyeon-Style Noodles (Zha Jiang Mian)
About 25 minServes 2
Kasujiru (Sake Lees Soup with Salmon)
About 35 minServes 3
Kimchi Hot Pot
About 30 minServes 2–3
Mapo Eggplant
About 25 minServes 2
Miso Ramen
About 30 minServes 2
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Miso Soup with Tofu and Wakame
About 15 minServes 2
Motsu Nikomi (Miso-Simmered Pork Offal, Pre-boiled)
About 1 hrServes 3–4
Nameko Mushroom and Tofu Miso Soup
About 10 minServes 3
Nasu Dengaku (Eggplant with Sweet Miso)
About 25 minServes 2
Eggplant Miso Soup
About 15 minServes 3
Saba Misoni (Mackerel Simmered in Miso)
About 30 minServes 2
Saikyo-yaki Salmon (Sweet Miso-Marinated Salmon)
About 20 minServes 2
Sweet Potato and Onion Miso Soup (Made with Kombu)
About 30 minServes 2
Satsuma-jiru (Chicken and Vegetable Miso Soup)
About 35 minServes 4
Tantanmen (Sesame Chili Ramen)
About 30 minServes 2
Tonjiru (Pork Miso Soup)
About 40 minServes 4
Soy Milk Hot Pot
About 30 minServes 2–3
Chicken and Eggplant Miso Stir-Fry
About 25 minServes 2
Iwashi Tsumire Soup (Sardine Ball Miso Soup)
About 40 minServes 2–3
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Checked on 2026-10-07.