James Peterson

Japanese-Style Mushroom Sauce

Preparation info
  • yield: enough for

    6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making
Sauces

By James Peterson

Published 1991

  • About

This sauce is broth-like and should surround the food it sauces, such as fish or chicken, in a wide bowl. Substitute whatever mushrooms are available.

Ingredients

dashi 2

Method

  1. Bring the dashi to a simmer, and add the mirin and soy sauce.
  2. Slice the porcini, morel, and shiitake mushrooms and add them to the simmering dashi. Add the mushroom soaking liquids to the dashi, leaving any grit behind in the soaking containers.
  3. Simmer the mushrooms for 10 minutes. Serve over and around chicken or fish.