• wok or large saucepan
• wooden spoon
• small bowl
• blender
• rubber spatula

• 3 T olive oil
• large red onion, diced
• 6 green onions, chopped
• 11 cloves garlic, minced
• 6 thick slices of stale (or toasted) French bread, ground into crumbs
• 2/3 c milk
• 5 c vegetable stock*
• 1 t miso
• 1 t salt
• 12 oz evaporated milk

Meanwhile, combine bread crumbs and milk and mix well. Add to garlic along with stock and miso, lower heat, and simmer for 15 minutes. Add salt and the remaining clove of garlic and simmer another 15 minutes. Carefully transfer to blender and purée (you may need to do this in batches).

Return to pot, stir in evaporated milk, and heat through (don't boil). Ladle into bowls, garnish with fresh parsley, and serve.

*You can replace some of the stock with water, but the flavor will suffer if it's much more than a cup.

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