Japanese Stock or Dashi

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    1 quart

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Cooking One on One

By John Ash

Published 2004

  • About

This is the basic stock in Japanese cooking. Classically, it has only 3 ingredients: seaweed, dried tuna flakes, and water. Contemporary cooks might also add a little piece of ginger or cilantro stems but I think the simple classic stock is best. In the United States, the ingredients are generally available in natural foods stores and, of course, Japanese markets. There is a perfectly acceptable instant granule dashi called dashi-no-moto or hon-dashi, which comes in small jars or pac