Read more: 36 Delicious Ways To Use Up Leftover Rice To really understand the impact of swapping miso for salt, it's essential to know the role of the paste. What exactly is it that you're ...

Takahiro Terada, head chef at Tsuta, a ramen restaurant in Brooklyn, N.Y.

If you enjoy Japanese cuisine, you've probably had your fair share of miso, likely in the form of soup. The thick paste is distinctively ... grains (typically rice), salt, and koji mold, a type ...