I’m a huge soup fan. Chunky, smooth, creamy, or noodle-y, come wintertime, I want all the soups, all the time. Thankfully, not all soups take hours to make. This corn soup, thickened with a bit of tofu and seasoned with sweet and mellow white miso, is a fast favorite once the temperature starts to dip.
my superpowerful, tiny vitamix s30. i love this guy!
I love this soup mostly because of the pairing between sweet corn and miso, but also because of the textural contrast added by the crunchy tofu, and, of course, the tofu itself! Oh, how I love tofu in soup.
It’s one of my favorite tricks, using tofu to thicken soup. Silken tofu adds body and creaminess without cream. It’s funny because I’m not remotely vegetarian or vegan, but after the fact, I figured out this soup was a bunch of those catchphrase foods trends that are so hot right now: vegan, gluten-free, and nut-free.
Mike: That was pretty tasty.
Me: Right!? And so easy! Only corn, onions, tofu and miso!
Mike: Wait – what? I ate vegan food and liked it?!
Me: Huh, it is vegan. Funny!
I may not be on the up and up with healthy food trends, but I do love something that seems to be quite popular in the kitchen: blenders. I use mine mainly for soups, dressings, and smoothies. My tiny (compared to the behemoths that are the regular Vitamixes) S30 personal-sized Vitamix is perfect for making soup for two. It’s super powerful and even heats soups up while you blend. It’s truly one of my favorite kitchen appliances and in the spirit of the holiday season I’m giving one away!
Miso Corn Soup Recipe
serves 2-3Soup
- oil
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 2 cups corn (I used frozen corn)
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable broth
- 1/4 package silken tofu, about 1/4 – 1/3 cup
- 1 1/2 tablespoon white miso paste, or to taste
- freshly ground pepper, to taste
Crispy Tofu Croutons
- tofu, as needed
- oil, preferably safflower, sunflower, or grapeseed
- salt, if desired
Garnish
- sliced green onions
- crispy tofu croutons (recipe below)
- flaky sea salt
- red pepper flakes
In a skillet, heat up a small bit of oil over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté, stirring, until soft and translucent. Add the corn and warm through briefly. Remove the onion and corn from the heat and place in a blender with the chicken broth, tofu, and miso paste. Blend until smooth and hot if using a Vitamix. Taste and adjust the thickness of your soup based on preference. If you like a thicker soup, add more tofu, if you like a thin soup, use some broth to thin it out. If needed, return the soup from the blender to the skillet and heat up until steaming.
Make the tofu croutons: Cut the remaining tofu up into 2 cm cubes. Set on paper towels, flipping so all sides drain. In a skillet, heat up a generous amount of oil over medium high heat. Fry the tofu, flipping as needed, until golden brown and crisp, 5-7 minutes. Remove from the oil with a slotted spoon, drain on paper towels and season with salt, if needed.
Taste and adjust seasoning with miso and freshly ground pepper. Serve hot with sliced green onions, crispy tofu, sea salt and red pepper flakes. Enjoy!
WIN ME!!!
Giveaway: I paired up with Vitamix to give away one Vitamix S30! I absolutely love mine and know you will love yours too!
Enter: To enter, leave a comment below with your favorite soup memory. I want to hear ALL the details! I’ll randomly choose a winner and contact them by email. Open to Canadian and US Residents only. (Sorry international friends!) Contest ends December 20th at 12AM PST. Good luck!
Update: Congrats Jenna @ Just J.Faye, you’ve won yourself a brand new Vitamix! Happy Christmas! Keep an eye out for an email from me!
My favorite soup memory involves tomato soup (with a grilled cheese sandwich on the side). Seems like this was the soup I was served as a child after playing outside in the snow. I think it was Campbell’s soup then but now I use real tomatoes and silken tofu to get a very thick and creamy tomato soup that is perfect for my adult self :))
My favorite soup memory is when I was a kid and there was a snow day, we would play in the snow until we were too tired or too frozen (whichever came first) and mom would have hot homemade tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches waiting for us!
My Favorite Soup Memory.
The first time I made soup was actually this year. I decided to try to make creamy tomato and dill soup. I added some of this and some of that, and by the end it tasted awesome. I looked at my soup, and then looked at the recipe picture and I knew something was off… I forgot to blend my soup! I searched all around my parent’s kitchen for a blender, Nothing. Zilch. Nada. All I could find was a tiny bullet blender stowed away under the counter collecting cob webs. I cleaned it off, and after ladling the soup into six separate cups, I was finally finished. It had somewhat of a frothy texture, but the taste was perfect. My parents were gone on vacation for a week, and I was stuck at home. Let me tell you, I ate that soup with grilled cheese for the whole week and never got tired of it. I was just so happy to have made something with my own hands that turned out right.
My favorite soup memory… My daughter has a rare food allergy called FPIES. She cannot eat chicken so one day I decided to make pork and baked potato soup. She devoured it! I never saw my daughter eat so much until she had this soup! Then we went on to make tomato soup and vegetable soup. She is a soup princess now and requests soup more than cookies! She’s allergic to chicken, oatmeal, soy, and a few other foods she hasn’t yet tried (the joys of FPIES!).
We make soups all the time at home with almost everything, a couple weeks ago my wife did a soup of chicken broth and mix vegetables there were some leftovers of that soup so I walk up early that morning thinking on what to do with that leftover so it just pop to my mined to make a cream out of it, at first I was like this won’t work but anyways I trust my got and start making my soup I puree the whole soup with the mix vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli, carrots and some mushrooms) combination didn’t sound yummy a lot but I did after that I use a little bit of bacon on my pot before pouring this weird mixture. Well after that I saw a couple Idaho potatoes on the fridge I told myself why not? so I cubed and boiled the potatoes and put them on the soup before serving the cream I decide to put some sour cream to finish my crazy cream. Surprisingly the flavor was amazing when my wife try it she couldn’t believe that the cream was made with his left over vegetables soup true story. LOL
My favorite soup memory is my grandma’s chicken noodle soup. Of course, she made it all from scratch. The broth was rich and flavorful, a beautiful golden color. Her noodles were amazing! They were almost as fine as hair. She made an eggy dough, rolled it out and cut it by hand. Every Christmas my aunts uncles and cousins gathered around the table…….sometimes in shifts………to start our holiday meal with that memorable liquid. Other soups are delicious, and mine aren’t bad either
I found a chicken tortilla soup recipe that is so easy and gluten-free! It’s made in the crockpot. I’ve made it so many times now, my family is probably sick of it! ;)
Chicken soup
I love the corn chowder for the vitamix. On a cold day it is easy to fix and then take it and sit and sip
watching the waves.
Has to be my grandfather’s chicken soup. No one can replicate it. When they lived in Florida (we were kids), we used to pick them up from the airport and I was sure as we got closer, I could smell soup!