Ingredients

1 head of celery (thin Asian julienne)

6 white onions (thin crescent sliced)

2 bunches of green onions (1 in. flutes)

2 cups shredded carrots

½ cup minced garlic

½ lb. shitake mushrooms (stem removed and sliced thin)

6 stalks of lemon grass (split at the end but left whole)

1 head of cabbage (cut into ¾ in squares)

2 13oz. Containers of “mellow red miso paste”

1 cup ginger juice

1 cup tamari

4 gallons of water

2-3 oz. sesame oil

Preparation

Sauté first 7 ingredients in sesame oil until translucent. Add remaining ingredients and bring just to a boil. Let lemongrass steep in soup for at least 1 hour and remove before storing.