Miso Wonton Soup is an easy 30 minute meal made with frozen chicken dumplings and healthy Japanese miso paste ~ everybody loves this comforting soup!
Reader Rave ~
“I just had to drop by and let you know that this soup is really delicious and MY KIDS ATE IT. Win win win! Thank you!” ~Drea
How nice is it that simple, clean, and healthy food is so often the easiest to throw together. It’s almost embarrassing how easy. This Miso Wonton Soup doesn’t really even cook at all in the traditional sense, so if you can boil water, you can make it. I hate to insult your intelligence by posting the recipe, but if you’re like me, it sometimes helps to be reminded, visually if possible, of easy solutions for those times when you’re hungry, cold, in a hurry, and your mind decides to go blank on you.
Ready made frozen wontons are the secret to this quick and easy soup
I got my mini chicken and cilantro wontons at Costco, but you can find them at Trader Joe’s and other places. Between the canned broth, the miso paste, which keeps forever in the fridge, and the frozen wontons, this is one of those recipes you can make on the fly, no trip to the grocery store required. The veggies can be almost anything you have around…if you don’t have baby bok choy, scallions and a carrot you can use frozen peas, celery, bell peppers, mushrooms, anything you like. Just slice them very thinly because they don’t get simmered in the soup, they become crisp/tender on contact with the hot broth just before serving.
Nutritious miso paste magically turns chicken broth, or water for that matter, into a rich savory soup.
It’s made from fermented soybeans or grains, and comes in several variations such as red, white, and yellow. They vary in flavor but can be used interchangeably. You’ll find it in a refrigerated section along with wonton wrappers and tofu.
Miso is such a versatile condiment, I’ve used it in everything from Miso Soup and Miso Ramen, to Miso Salad Dressing, and it adds an instant ‘umami’ touch to any sauce or gravy.
This Japanese inspired soup is great for weight loss!
A lot of people say the Japanese have the healthiest eating habits on earth. All you have to do is look at Japanese food to see the striking differences between it and most of what we eat in the West. From the thin broth, to the delicate, translucent wonton wrappers, to the paper thin slices of carrot, this soup is the model of restraint. If you’re looking to get a little healthier in the new year, or lose a pound or two, this is your soup.
Miso Wonton Soup
Ingredients
- 28 oz about 3 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups water
- about 16-20 mini wontons
- 2 Tbsp miso paste, I used yellow
- 1 baby bok choy, thinly sliced
- 6 scallions, thinly sliced, white and some of the green parts, too
- 1 carrot, sliced paper thin (use the 1/8 inch setting on a mandoline slicer)
Instructions
- Heat the broth and water to a simmer in a saucepan. Add the wontons and simmer gently until they are heated through, this will just take a few minutes.
- Add the miso to the soup and stir until dissolved. Add the veggies and bring the soup back to a simmer.
- Serve hot.
Super fast and delicious! Great weeknight meal.
This wonton soup was so delicious! Even my husband, who doesn’t like soup (I’ll never understand that, soup is the best) loved this! We omitted the miso and added some sesame oil. I can’t believe how fast this came together. A definite make again in our house! Great recipe!
Where we live there are no stores that carry this type of wonton, so I’ll improvise with cooked chicken in wontons and was that cilantro also? Sounds delicious.
J’aimerais savoir si on peut trouver en épicerie des pâtes sans gluten pour confectionner les won ton et si le miso contient du blé car tout ce qui contient ou pourrait contenir du blé , je ne peut l’utiliser pour mes recettes et la pâte miso est-elle sans gluten je n’ose l’utiliser à cause des problèmes qui pourrait advenir merci de me répondre rapidement . Huguette PQ
Yes, Huguette, you can find gluten free wontons and gluten free Miso in stores, just check your labels.
Trader Joe’s not only has the wontons, they also have boxes of miso ginger broth in their soup aisle! You can make this even faster!
Lol I’m heading there this weekend!
Hi! Do you think this would freeze and reheat well?
I’ve never tried it Laura, but I would think that miso is most nutritious when it’s fresh, and this soup is so quick and easy that I would probably recommend against freezing.
I couldn’t find the miso paste, but I did find Miso Soup instant soybean paste soup by Mishima. There are 3 packets inside. Is this what you were talking about, will it work?
That would be a different form of miso, Rena, miso paste is fresh and in the refrigerated section of the grocery store, but if it’s all you can find, then go for it, I’m sure it will be delicious.
I just had to drop by and let you know that this soup is really delicious and MY KIDS ATE IT.
Win win win! Thank you!
Yay! That’s always cause for celebration 🙂 Thanks for letting me know Drea.
This was delicious! It will now be my go to this winter, especially when I’m sick with a cold.
I love soups this and make them all the time. Your soup looks great, I like the added baby bok choy. Once in a blue moon I make my own won tons and they are really good.
I love homemade wontons, they are definitely the best, but I also love the convenience of the frozen ones!