From Better Homes and Gardens

Soup is served with most meals in Japan. Simple, subtly flavored, and satisfying, clear dashi-base broths* or soups thickened with miso, a fermented bean paste, top the list of favorites.

Miso Soup

From Fine Cooking Magazine

You can make miso soup with any type of miso, but we prefer darker types for their richer, more savory flavor.

Miso Mushroom Soup

From Diabetic Living

A little dry sherry adds a nice flavor note to this Asian-inspired soup recipe.

Asian Pork Soup

From Better Homes and Gardens

Low in calories and fat, this chicken and snow pea soup recipe is diet friendly for lunch or dinner.

Asian Chicken Noodle Soup

From Better Homes and Gardens

Oya means "parent" and ko means "child." Donburi means "large bowl," the fanciful name for this chicken-and-egg dish is a humorous play on the age-old question of which came first, the chicken or the egg. This classic one-bowl meal is simply a chicken omelet, poached in a broth seasoned with sugar and salty soy sauce and served on rice.

Oyako Donburi (Parent-Child Bowl)

From Better Homes and Gardens

For an even faster meal, cut up the beef and vegetables for this soup the evening before cooking the soup.

Teriyaki Beef Soup

From Vegetarian Times

30 MINUTES OR LESS. Start with the smaller amount of the miso, and add more as needed, dissolving extra spoonfuls in hot soup liquid. If you have both dark and light misos on hand, use half of each for a more complex flavor. Bean thread noodles are readily available in many supermarkets. If fresh edamame are already cooked, add them to the soup at the last minute. This serves 3 as a main course, but 6 as an appetizer.

Miso Noodle Soup with Edamame

From Food & Wine

This soup is packed with shrimp, pork, mushrooms, noodles, and cabbage, so it's a terrific one-bowl meal. Grace Parisi delicately seasons the broth with store-bought dashi, a Japanese stock made from dried bonito (tuna) flakes.

Warm Soba with Pork, Shrimp and Cabbage

From EatingWell

Here's the quintessence of Japanese home cooking: an aromatic, protein-rich broth served over rice. Admittedly, Japanese cooking leans heavily on sugar - for a less traditional taste, you could reduce or even omit the sugar.

Japanese Chicken-Scallion Rice Bowl

From Diabetic Living

Teriyaki sauce and ginger add Asian flavor to this beef, rice, and vegetable soup. It's a filling meal for under 200 calories.

Teriyaki Beef Soup