Don’t limit your use of miso to soup! It makes for a fantastic compound butter. It’s terrific cut with mirin and slathered over chicken. And here, stirred into mayonnaise, it becomes a consciousness-expanding condiment.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons miso
  • 1 cup mayonnaise.
  • Nutritional Information
    • Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)

      208 calories; 22 grams fat; 0 grams saturated fat; 0 grams monounsaturated fat; 0 grams polyunsaturated fat; 1 gram carbohydrates; 0 grams dietary fiber; 0 grams sugars; 0 grams protein; 11 milligrams cholesterol; 329 milligrams sodium

    • Note: Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available data.

1 cup

Preparation

  1. Stir the miso into the mayonnaise (homemade is best) until smooth.
  2. Use immediately, or cover and refrigerate for up to a week.
  • Grated ginger, honey, brown sugar or agave syrup; chopped pickles (or pickled vegetables); chopped chives or shiso leaves.
  • Dip for sweet-potato fries; smeared on croutons to serve with fish soups (like rouille or bouillabaisse); to make a gratinée of simple cooked vegetables with bread crumbs; as an aioli.

5 minutes.

Dining and Cooking