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Making Dashi Soup Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Ichiban Dashi (1st dashi)
  • Wipe surface of kelp, removing dirt and sand by slightly damp kitchen towel.
  • Place water and kelp into pot, heat them on middle (rather low) flame.
  • Remove kelp when kelp comes up on surface. If you boil dashi, it becomes slimy and murky.
  • Just before it comes to a boil add katsuobushi at once, after 10 seconds turn off flame.
  • Prepare strainer covered with thin cloth on top.
  • When katsuobushi are sinking down place it on the strainer. Reuse the ingredients for 2nd dashi.
  • Wipe surface of Kelp and put into pot with water. Remove kelp when kelp comes up on surface. Just before coming to a boil add katsuobushi. turn off flame. When katsuobushi are sinking down place it on the strainer.
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  • Niban dashi (2nd dashi)
  • Place recycled ingredients and a new piece of kelp into pot with water, start heat.
  • Add katsuobushi when it come to a boil. Continue heat on low flame for 10 minutes.
  • Stop heat, put it on strainer covered with a thin cloth on top.
  • Place recycled ingredients and a new kelp into pot with water, start heat. Add katsuobushi when it come to a boil. Continue heat on low flame for 10 minutes.
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  • Konbu Dashi
  • Option: soak it in water for a while and take out just when it comes to a boil.
  • Soak konbu in water for 2 hours.
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  • Niboshi Dashi
  • Remove head and guts from niboshi, place them in pot, start heat. For adding flavor and taste, toast them lightly before use.
  • Keep flame middle (rather low) to simmer for 10 minutes, while skimming scum.
  • Stop heat, put it on strainer with thin cloth on top.
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  • Dashi Recipes:
  • Miso soup
  • Rolled flavored eggs
  • Niku jaga
  • Kitsune udon
  • Ume zosui
  • Zoni
  • Oyako donburi

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    " It was excellent "
    fishtrippin ate it and said...
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  • heatherly 15 years ago
    Oh I have been craving Niku Jaga for awhile now...I've got to make this soon! Thanks!
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    " It was excellent "
    chefperiwinkle ate it and said...
    The joys of Japanese cooking! Thank you, Chef Elaine.
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