ABCDE Soup Recipe: Easy Vegetable Dashi Soup

Our ABCDE soup is a colourful pot of vegetables, packed with vitamins A, B, C, D and E. A dashi pack gives the broth its depth, so you only need a little seasoning. It takes about 25 minutes and is a great way to get kids to eat their vegetables.

• Serves: 4 servings
• Prep: 5 min
• Cook: 20 min
• Total: 25 min

Ingredients

Dashi: 2 dashi packs: Daily - Pollack, or 1 Daily - Pollack and 1 Umami - Katsuobushi

• 2 dashi packs (Daily - Pollack, or 1 Daily - Pollack and 1 Umami - Katsuobushi)
• 1.2 litres water
• 1 carrot, diced
• 1 yellow onion, diced
• 1 potato, diced
• 1 corn cob, cut into chunks
• 4 napa cabbage leaves, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 tomato, quartered
• 100g mushrooms (shimeji, shiitake or enoki)
• About ½ tsp salt or soy sauce, to taste
• White pepper, to taste
• Optional: coriander to garnish, and 100g seafood or meat

Method

1. Start the broth. Put the dashi packs, carrot, onion, potato and corn in a pot with 1.2 litres of water. Boil on medium-high heat for 10 minutes.
2. Remove the packs. Take out the dashi packs.
3. Add the rest. Add the cabbage, tomato, mushrooms and any seafood or meat. Season with salt or soy sauce and white pepper, then simmer on medium-low heat for 10 minutes.
4. Serve. Garnish with coriander and serve hot.

Tip

Cooking for kids? Simmer a few minutes longer so the vegetables are extra soft.