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Udon Soup Base Ingredients
mentsuyu soup
1. soy sauce
2. sugar
3. mirin called kaeshi
Japanese Soup Base
- Soy sauce. You will need regular dark soy sauce for this.
- Mirin. This is labeled as “sweet rice wine” or “fortified rice wine”. It’s used strictly for cooking.
- Sake. Again, you don’t need an expensive bottle, but do get one you won’t mind drinking.
- Dried Bonito flakes (katsuobushi) - this can be a bit expensive, but is really essential. Be sure to keep it stored in an air-tight container. Mine is stocked in the freeze
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- Dried konbu seaweed. This comes in big sheets. Cut up the sheets with some scissors into about 10 cm / 3 inch lengths for ease of use. (Don’t confuse this with dried wakame seaweed, which is quite different.)
To make the essence, combine 1 1/2 cups of soy sauce, 1 cup of mirin, 1 1/2 cups of sake, about 3 pieces of konbu, and a huge handful of the bonito flakes in a pan. Bring to the boil then lower the heat and simmer it gently until the liquid is reduced to about 2/3rds. Let it cool, then strain through a fine sieve and store in a jar or bottle in the refrigerator.
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Udon Soup
1. Put the dashi
2. soy sauce
3. mirin
4. sugar into a pot and heat until it comes to a simmer.
5. Taste it and add salt if you feel like it needs more
- 7 1/2 c cold water
- 6 Tbs soy sauce
- 2 Tbs mirin (see tip below)
- 2 Tbs sugar
- 1 Tbs granulated dashi (or follow package instructions)