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Homemade Mentsuyu (Japanese Soup Base for Noodles)

Mentsuyu is a Japanese soup base used in soba and udon noodle dishes. It’s made from sake, mirin, soy sauce, kombu, and katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes). This Mentsuyu is concentrated.

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)

Instructions

  1. Gather all the ingredients.
  2. Add sake, mirin, soy sauce, kombu, and katsuobushi and bring it to a boil.
  3. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes. Then turn off the heat and let cool.
  4. Pass the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve (reserve the kombu and katsuobushi - see below). This mentsuyu is concentrated.
  5. To Use Mentsuyu
  6. Follow the noodle recipe instruction.
  7. To Store
  8. You can store Mentsuyu in a mason jar in the refrigerator for up to a month.
  9. What to do with leftover Katsuobushi and kombu?
  10. 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.