Although the original recipe for this Japanese seaweed soup was something I discovered on the back of a seaweed packet, it has since been modified multiple times so that it can be swiftly prepared using goods from most large grocery shops, or if you prefer, a local Asian grocery. Seaweed sheets that have been dried are known as nori in Japanese.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 50 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 5 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup uncooked brown rice
- 1 cup soy milk
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Prick sweet potatoes several times with a fork and place onto a baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes are easily pierced with a fork, 50 minutes to 1 hour.
- At the same time, bring water and brown rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, 45 to 50 minutes.
- Remove sweet potatoes from the oven and remove skin when cool enough to handle.
- Place sweet potato flesh and cooked rice in a food processor. Add soy milk, maple syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla; process until smooth. Serve hot, warm, or chilled.
- You can use rice or almond milk in place of soy milk and stevia in place of maple syrup.
- Use up to double the amount of milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, and maple syrup if desired.
Reviews
This tastes pretty good. I always like trying new breakfast porridge type recipes. I like it warmed up or really cold, but it wasn’t as good luke warm after processing it. I don’t know that I needed the step of processing it all together; I think I would have been fine with the rice being whole. The list of ingredients does not list maple syrup, but the directions call for it, so I added 1 1/2 tablespoons, and it definitely needed that little bit of sweetness. I used less nutmeg out of personal preference, and I used leftover sweet potatoes instead of fresh baked. I topped with a few walnuts.