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In Japan, we use Mentsuyu as a basic sauce or broth to flavor everything from noodle dishes, rice bowls, hot pots to tempura dipping sauce. The multipurpose sauce gets a real depth of flavor and smokiness from the use of kombu and bonito flakes. Mentsuyu (noodle sauce) is a very versatile sauce that gives many dishes a great Japanese flavor.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 'mentsuyu' (noodle dipping sauce) using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make 'Mentsuyu' (Noodle Dipping Sauce):
- Make ready < Ingredients for Popular Method >
- Prepare 1/2 cup Mirin
- Get 2/3 cup Soy Sauce
- Prepare 10-15 g or a handful of ‘Katsuobushi’
- Take 2 cups Water
- Prepare < Ingredients for Quick & Easy Method >
- Make ready 2 cups Water
- Get 1 & 1/3 teaspoon Instant Dashi Powder *’Katsuobushi’ type recommended
- Prepare 1/3 cup Mirin
- Get 1/2 cup Soy Sauce
It is usually used as a dipping sauce for soba noodles or tempura, as a soup base for somen or Mentsuyu is typically made from Japanese sake, mirin, light soy sauce, dried seaweed, and dried bonito flakes. Thus, it has a savory flavor from the. We love having a batch of mentsuyu sauce in the fridge so it's always on standby whenever we get hungry! It's so refreshing to dip cold soba noodles in the chilled mentsuyu sauce, especially in summer.
Step by Step to make 'Mentsuyu' (Noodle Dipping Sauce):
- <Popular Method> - Heat Mirin in a saucepan to boil off alcohol. Then add Soy Sauce and bring it to the boil. Add ‘Katsuobushi’ and cook about for a minute.
- Add Water and bring to the boil again, then remove from heat. Drain the sauce well. Allow it cool, then chill in the fridge.
- <Quick & Easy Method> - Place all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Keep boiling for a few minutes. Allow it cool, then chill in the fridge.
But you can also enjoy it warm, poured straight over a batch of freshly cooked noodles. You may also wish to try mentsuyu (noodle sauce), another very versatile tsuyu dipping sauce that gives many soups and dishes a great, complex Japanese umami flavor. Mentsuyu (麺汁) literally translates to "noodle broth", but the term is usually used to refer to a multipurpose seasoning that's like the Japanese version of season-all. It's most obvious use is as a concentrated soup base for Japanese noodles soups, but it can also be used in place of soy sauce in. Literally translated, men means noodles and tsuyu means sauce or broth in Japanese.
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