Are East Asian soups supposed to taste this bland?I didn’t follow one specific recipe but combined different ones I saw on Pinterest >bok choy>shitake mushrooms (my grocery store didn’t have enoki)>baby carrots>bamboo shoots>water chestnuts >fried tofu >sesame oil>suy sauce It doesn’t taste BAD. There’s not a bad small or taste, it just tastes watery and plain. Is this how it’s supposed to be?
>>20434053>didn't follow any specific recipe>only seasonings are soy sauce and sesame oil>for some reason this soup is blandbased retard
>>20434055What seasoning? Literally every recipe I saw online only called for soy sauce and sesame oil
>>20434058Five-spice, chilies, Szechuan peppercorn, ginger, garlic, galangal, kefir lime leaves
>>20434053Skill issue
>>20434058>>20434062I thought of some moremiso, fish sauce, seaweed
Where's the fucking meat?!Most Asian soups are made using a meat stock.Don't fucking tell me you're a fucking vegan, cause that excludes you from fuckton of Asian soups.
>>20434104nta but most asian soups originate from struggle meals that didn’t consist of meat
>>20434138source: my asshole
>>20434138Speaking anecdotally (as an Asian): my mum never makes soup without meat. She did one time because my dad had to go on a diet and even he couldn't eat it.In fact, they even laugh at White vegetarians for eating noodle soup, getting it with no meat assuming it's vegeterian, because the soup itself is a meat stock.I can only think of the Japanese who have miso and dashi.
>>20434104Idk, why would I add meat to a light soup? A stew yeah, but a soup that’s supposed to be a lunch?
>>20434209>meat turns soup into a stewHow do you think ramen is made?
>>20434209You've never had chicken noodle soup for lunch?
>>20434235>>20434230Ramen is a bit heavier than what I was initially going for Pic rel is what I wanted
>>20434268Says you need an onion broth.
>>20434268chicken stock isn't heavy you dumb fag.
>>20434164>they even laugh at White vegetarians for eating noodle soup, getting it with no meat assuming it's vegeterian, because the soup itself is a meat stock.Why are Asians like this? I remember a Chinese lady trying to sell me egg drop soup that obviously had chicken broth in it
>>20434513based asians BTFOing privileged white liberal faggots
>>20434053Apart from what others have said about stock and seasonings, you may have been missing the right amount of salt. Broth like that tastes of absolutely nothing until you reach a certain salt level.Start off by frying a shallot sliced in half face down, slices of garlic, ginger, and carrot in hot oil until the shallot face is very brown, then add the water. That gives a passable quick base for a vegetable soup.
>>20434156Have you seen asians? They are like super tiny compared to humans
>>20434104>>20434164>>20434156>>20434235>>20434230The superior european soups don’t require meat
>>20434917you can literally see the chunks of pancetta in that soup lmao, also it was 100% made with chicken stock
>>20434053>I didn’t use a recipe>Asians can’t soupYou’re just bad at this
>>20434268I'm making proper miso for the first time today or tomorrow. Got all the ingredients etc. I'll report back with my recipe if it doesn't taste like shit. One thing I'll mention though is you'll need to make a trip to the asian grocer to get the dried kelp, bonito flakes and dried mushrooms for the stock. Oh and the miso paste too. Not much to it other than steeping the first three things to make a base, then adding paste. Stir. then when ready, add silken tofu, scallion and enoki, wakame or whatever you feel like.
use some Krill next time so you'll have a nice light seafood broth along with vegtables>inb4 wahhh vegetable soup too plain Then go suck a salt stick faggot
>>20435233baleen ass nigga
>>20434053>It doesn’t taste BAD. There’s not a bad small or taste, it just tastes watery and plain. Is this how it’s supposed to be?Yes. The rest of the world doesn't like saturated salt, sugar and vinegar. We prefer real produce. Imagine that.
>>20434053yeah, that the upsell the cat looking asians try to sell to you. You too can buy your cats some frisky feast.
Just remember that that what you see in Chinkytown isn't just friendly kittens and puppers.
