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title: Mettajiru
url: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/mettajiru/
lang: en
journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/kanazawa/
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# Mettajiru

Cook the local flavors once more　/　Kanazawa, Ishikawa

A hearty pork miso soup full of root vegetables, distinguished by using sweet potato in place of the usual potato. The name is said to come from tossing in, or chopping up, ingredients "yatara mettara," with abandon. In Kabi (Mold), a novel by Tokuda Shusei, one of Ishikawa's great writers, the characters make and eat mettajiru. I made mine with Kagai Miso from Takagi Koji Shoten.

## Ingredients

- Pork
- Sweet potato
- Konnyaku
- Carrots
- Shiitake
- Leeks
- Miso (Kagai Miso)

## How I made it

1. Cut the pork and vegetables
2. Simmer the ingredients in a pot
3. Stir in the miso

## This moment in the journey: Mettajiru, full of everything

The soup was mettajiru, a pork miso soup packed with ingredients: pork, konnyaku, leeks, carrots and shiitake. The essential ingredient is sweet potato.

I ladled it into a red bowl and poured non-alcoholic beer into a glass. Truly delicious on a cold night. The nodoguro, the rice, even Kanazawa's water: I could taste all their goodness. Very satisfied, and good night until tomorrow.

![A bowl of mettajiru, full of ingredients](https://karigurashijourney.com/img/kanazawa/s204-1200.jpg)
- Sources: https://www.maff.go.jp/j/keikaku/syokubunka/k_ryouri/search_menu/menu/mettajiru_ishikawa.html

Read this scene in the full journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/kanazawa/