Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
Tonjiru (also known as Butajiru) is an easy Japanese Pork Soup that’s made with pork and loads of vegetables, making it a one-pot meal that comes together from odds and ends in the fridge. It’s often known as “Midnight Diner Soup” outside of Japan because of its prominent role in the opening credits of the series, but it's also shown up in The Makanai, and within Japan, Tonjiru is synonymous with a comforting home cooked meal.
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INDEX:
0:00 Intro
1:14 Ingredients
2:39 How to Prepare Burdock
3:32 Prep the Veggies
4:59 How to Make Tonjiru
7:18 Serving Tonjiru
7:48 Finished Pork Soup
INGREDIENTS:
90 grams burdock (+ 1 tablespoon vinegar)
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
260 grams pork jowl (or other marbled cut, thinly sliced)
150 grams daikon (peeled, quartered and sliced)
100 grams taro (peeled halved and sliced)
90 grams carrot (peeled halved and sliced)
90 grams shiitake (cleaned and sliced)
2 large scallions (stems and leaves chopped separately)
2 tablespoons mirin
200 grams Shirataki noodles (roughly chopped)
5 cups dashi
1/3 cup yellow miso
Shichimi togarashi (optional)
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Tonjiru (also known as Butajiru) is an easy Japanese Pork Soup that’s made with pork and loads of vegetables, making it a one-pot meal that comes together from odds and ends in the fridge. It’s often known as “Midnight Diner Soup” outside of Japan because of its prominent role in the opening credits of the series, but it's also shown up in The Makanai, and within Japan, Tonjiru is synonymous with a comforting home cooked meal.
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TONJIRU POST & RECIPE ▶ norecipes.com/tonjiru-japanese-pork-soup
DASHI RECIPE ▶ youtu.be/92tSuuKkOis
INDEX:
0:00 Intro
1:14 Ingredients
2:39 How to Prepare Burdock
3:32 Prep the Veggies
4:59 How to Make Tonjiru
7:18 Serving Tonjiru
7:48 Finished Pork Soup
INGREDIENTS:
90 grams burdock (+ 1 tablespoon vinegar)
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
260 grams pork jowl (or other marbled cut, thinly sliced)
150 grams daikon (peeled, quartered and sliced)
100 grams taro (peeled halved and sliced)
90 grams carrot (peeled halved and sliced)
90 grams shiitake (cleaned and sliced)
2 large scallions (stems and leaves chopped separately)
2 tablespoons mirin
200 grams Shirataki noodles (roughly chopped)
5 cups dashi
1/3 cup yellow miso
Shichimi togarashi (optional)
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