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miso mushroom okayu with tofu, shiitake, and scallions in a bowl
miso mushroom okayu held at a misty forest camp with chopsticks resting on the bowl
breakfast or dinner · backcountry bowls no. 05

miso mushroom okayu

味噌きのこ粥 · miso kinoko gayu
fully vegan 20g protein target 600 cal breakfast or dinner

Savory rice porridge in a kombu and shiitake dashi, seasoned with miso, loaded with tofu, mushrooms, and scallions. One packet, boiling water, five minutes. The dashi does the work an animal usually does, so the whole bowl stays vegan without acting like a compromise.

Okayu is what Japan eats when a body needs looking after. Turns out that describes everyone above 9,000 feet. It works at sunrise, and it works even better after the summit, when chewing feels like a chore.

$10 one packet · one warm bowl
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Honesty corner: miso settles. Stir once when you pour and once at minute five, or the last sip gets all the flavor.

comfort food that pulls its weight

600
calories
20g
protein target
5min
with boiling water
1
packet, no steps
100%
vegan

what's actually in here

a real dashi, not a bouillon cube with ambitions

rice · cooked soft, okayu style miso · the backbone kombu + shiitake dashi · the vegan umami engine tofu · the protein hero shiitake + mixed mushrooms scallions

the ritual

  1. Boil about 1.5 cups of water. Listen to the camp go quiet.
  2. Pour it into the packet (or your bowl) and stir well.
  3. Wait 5 minutes. Stir again so the miso wakes back up. Eat slowly, on purpose.

the recipe's story

Okayu (お粥) is Japanese rice porridge: the dish for cold mornings, long recoveries, and anyone who needs warmth more than they need chewing. Ours is built on a kombu and shiitake dashi, the classic vegan stock that trades fish flakes for seaweed and dried mushrooms without giving up any depth.

Every other bowl we make has meat in it. This one had to earn its spot without it, and it did.

Miso brings the salt and the soul, tofu brings the protein, and the mushrooms bring the reason you go back for the next spoonful. It is the bowl we reach for on cold starts and the one we want waiting after a summit day runs long.

nutrition facts

per packet · recipe target, lab-verified before launch

Nutrition Facts
1 serving per packet
Serving size 1 packet (~130g)
Calories 600
Total Fat10g
Saturated Fat1.5g
Sodium950mg
Total Carbohydrate105g
Dietary Fiber6g
Total Sugars5g
Protein20g
Targets from our test kitchen. Final verified panel publishes before the first packet ships. Contains: soy.

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