This combination of bonito flakes and kombu makes the most popular and flavorful all-purpose dashi. The idea is to extract the flavors by steeping the ingredients for the first round of dashi, which ...

Bonito flakes and kombu are the main ingredients in dashi – a light stock used to make all sorts of Japanese dishes. Chef Shuko Oda mixes bonito flakes with soy sauce to make a filling for her o ...

And, dashi is the ingredient that produces this umami. Kombu, bonito flakes, and other foodstuffs that were transported to the landlocked capital were combined to concoct this stock. Japanese ...

Gently bring the kombu and soaking water to the boil, then add the bonito flakes and turn off the heat. Leave for 10 minutes until the bonito flakes have sunk to the bottom of the pan. Strain the ...