Homemade Mentsuyu (Japanese Soup Base for Noodles)

Name: Homemade Mentsuyu (Japanese Soup Base for Noodles)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: ½ cup sake; 1 ⅛ cup mirin; 1 cup soy sauce; 1 piece kombu (dried kelp) ((5 g; 2" x 2" or 5 x 5 cm)); 1 cup katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes)

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Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total: 15 minutes

Servings: 2

Author : Namiko Chen

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Homemade Mentsuyu (Japanese Soup Base for Noodles)

Ingredients

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Instructions

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Step 1

Gather all the ingredients.

Step 2

Add sake, mirin, soy sauce, kombu, and katsuobushi and bring it to a boil.

Step 3

Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes. Then turn off the heat and let cool.

Step 4

Pass the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve (reserve the kombu and katsuobushi - see below). This mentsuyu is concentrated.

Step 5

Follow the noodle recipe instruction.

Step 6

You can store Mentsuyu in a mason jar in the refrigerator for up to a month.

Step 7

Use the leftover katsuobushi and kombu to make Homemade Furikake Rice Seasoning. You can also save the drained katsuobushi and kombu in the freezer until you're ready to make Furikake.