MENTSUYU (Japanese noodle sauce/soup base)

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Mentsuyu is a Japanese soup base used in soba and udon noodle dishes. For convenience, you can purchase pre-made Mentsuyu from Japanese (or Asian) grocery stores or online. Each brand has different instructions for diluting the. Homemade mentsuyu made with sake, mirin, soy sauce, kombu, and katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes).

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mentsuyu (japanese noodle sauce/soup base) using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make MENTSUYU (Japanese noodle sauce/soup base):
  1. Take 400 ml water
  2. Make ready 100 ml Soy sauce
  3. Make ready 100 ml MIRIN
  4. Take 1 or 2 Dried Shiitake
  5. Make ready 10 cm Konbu for Dashi stock
  6. Make ready Handful Katsuobushi Bonito Flakes

It is so easy to make and keeps well in the refrigerator (at least a couple weeks, stays for a month in my fridge), and comes in. Mentsuyu is Japanese noodle soup base. However, despite it's name it's used for a variety of dishes. Literally translated, men means noodles and tsuyu means sauce or broth in Japanese.

Steps to make MENTSUYU (Japanese noodle sauce/soup base):
  1. Put all ingredients except Katsuobushi in a pot.
  2. Boil it and Turn off the heat, then add Katsuobushi.
  3. Let it set until Katsuobushi sink.
  4. Strain the stock through a strainer with a paper towel.
  5. You can use just Konbu instead of Shitake and Katsuobushi. You will feel Umami!

However, despite it's name it's used for a variety of dishes. Literally translated, men means noodles and tsuyu means sauce or broth in Japanese. Tsuyu is also how you refer to the dipping sauce for tempura. Aside from noodles, you can use mentsuyu to. Mentsuyu is a Japanese soup base used most often for soba and udon noodle dishes. (The name literally means noodle sauce) It's name is a little Mentsuyu is highly concentrated form of noodle broth and you have to dilute it when you're using it for soups.

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