Secondary Dashi

Name: Secondary Dashi
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: bonito fish flakes and konbu reserved from Primary Dashi; bonito fish flakes and konbu reserved from Primary Dashi; bonito fish flakes and konbu reserved from Primary Dashi; 1.5 litres (2 pints 10 fl oz/6⅓ cups) cold water; 15 g (½ oz/1 cup) dried bonito fish flakes

Preparation info

Makes about
1 litre

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Japanese Larder

By Luiz Hara

Published 2018

About

Secondary dashi is ideal for thick soups, noodle broths, or as a cooking stock for vegetables and meat. It is a great way of using up konbu and bonito fish flakes left over from Primary Dashi.

Ingredients

bonito fish flakes and konbu reserved from Primary Dashi
1.5 litres (2 pints 10

Asia
Japan
Soup
Stock
Fish course
Gluten-free
Pescatarian

Method

Place the reserved bonito fish flakes and konbu from the Primary Dashi and the measured water in a pan. Place the pan over a high heat until it just reaches boiling point, then reduce the heat and gently simmer until the stock is reduced by at least a third, or up to half depending on the desired strength of flavour; this should take about 20 minutes.
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