How to Make Yummy Magical Japanese stock : Mentsuyu

Magical Japanese stock : Mentsuyu. Let's make "Mentsuyu" at home with me. "Mentsuyu" literally means "noodle soup". But you can make any kind of Japanese dishes with this. See recipes for Magical Japanese stock : Mentsuyu too.

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Ingredients of Magical Japanese stock : Mentsuyu

Prepare 15 of *15cm Kombu seaweed.
Prepare 10 pieces of small size dried shiitake mushroom.
Prepare 300 ml of warm water.
It's 300 ml of mirin/ rice wine.
Prepare 300 ml of soysauce.
It's 20 g of bonito flakes (if vegan no needed).

Download Mentsuyu stock photos at the best stock photography agency with millions of premium high quality, royalty-free stock photos, images and pictures at reasonable prices. Mentsuyu is versatile Japanese concentrate most commonly used for soba and udon noodle dishes. Mentsuyu typically uses bonito flakes (fish) to make a umami-rich noodle broth. To achieve a similar flavour while keeping it vegan, we're going to be using kombu, shiitake mushrooms and dashi. ※First,make base Mentsuyu(soup stock for noodles)!

Magical Japanese stock : Mentsuyu step by step

Place kombu and dried shiitake mushroom into a bowl. Pour warm water over it. Leave minimum 30 mins to get all soaked and bigger..
Once kombu and dried shiitake mushroom has soaked, start boiling mirin/ rice wine in the pot. Cook with low heat until the line started to appear..
Put whole kombu, shiitake with dashi (in the bowl), soy sauce and bonito flakes. Medium heat. Cook until started to bubble..
Put down to low heat and cook for 5 mins..
Turn off the heat and leave it for a night..
Strain all the liquid into the bottle. I use empty beer bottle..
Enjoy! I have some recipes that I used this Mentsuyu..
Me turn on the right top. Leftover scraps can use for other dishes. I make umami frikake with bonito flakes. Mushroom can be used in lots of Asian dishes. Total flavor bomb. I cook rice with this kombu. Gives rice deepen flavor..

I don't use Commercially available Mentsuyu(soup stock for noodles). Next,make four kinds of ※Let's talk about Japanese culture etc.while we have lunch(dinner). ※ Nagashi somen is slipping somen(noodles) with water on slide. ※ Mentsuyu. (Tsuyu Sauce, Men-Tsuyu). Mentsuyu is a flavorful Japanese sauce that is commonly used as a seasoning and condiment in many traditional Japanese dishes, or as the base for udon and soba noodles. According to Wikipedia Japan, Mentsuyu is the seasoning made combining "Kaeshi (かえし)" and "Dashi (出汁)". Although the Hon Tsuyu sauce can be used as a seasoning for various kinds of dishes, many Japanese people primarily use it for making the broth of Japanese.