Ingredients
1. 4 tblspoons of Yellow Miso Paste
2. 4 carrots, cut into 2in segments
3. 3 stalks of celery, cut into 1in segments
4. 1 can of black beans, drained and rinsed
5. 2 tblspoons minced garlic
6. 1 tblspoon dried basil
7. 1 medium onion coarsely chopped
8. 1 cup of spinach
9. 1 teaspoon sesame oil
10. 3 cups of water (clean water is best)
11. 1/2 lemon juiced
12. 1 teaspoon each of salt and pepper
Recipe
1. Combine carrots, onions, celery, garlic and spinach in to a pan with the sesame oil, salt, pepper and basil.
2. Sweat the ingredient for about 4 minutes or so, you want the onions to start sweating more than anything. This is done over medium heat.
3. Add the miso paste and lemon juice and stir briskly, the paste should loosen up a little.
4. Add the water and black beans and scrape the pan for anything that has stuck (you are deglazing without using alcohol or acid here)
5. Stir briskly to get the miso combined with the water.
6. Cover and cook on medium heat for 30 minutes. Then remove from heat and leave covered for another 10 minutes.
The stew will be good at this point, but will really come together the next day. The above recipe makes 4 servings.
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