Chicken broth, miso, mushrooms, vegetables

Staring an empty pot in the face.

* Garlic clove, smashed, minced.

* Fresh ginger scrapped, cut into discs, smashed, minced.

* Into a heated pot with olive oil, that quintessential Asian ingredient … not!

* Chicken broth from a carton.

You can stop here and call it a day.

Or.

Get to scrounging.

* Remnant tree mushrooms, beyond their prime.

* Fresh crimini mushrooms, sliced

* Broccoli pieces.

* Onion slices.

* Tomato, cut into rustic chunks. We're all about being rustic over here.

The magical mixture.

* Tablespoon soy sauce.

* Tablespoon mirin.

* Tablespoon saki.

* Tablespoon miso paste.