How to Store Dashi

In restaurants, it is standard to make fresh dashi every day using bonito flakes and kombu. However, making dashi involves a great deal of work for the occasional cook. For this reason, it is a good idea to make more dashi than you need, and store it for later. Dashi can be stored in the fridge, or frozen in plastic containers until solid, then transferred into plastic bags. Refrigerated dashi should be used up within two days, whereas dashi frozen in an air tight container can be used for up to three months afterwards.