Servings: 2 cups *3
Mentsuyu 麺つゆ
Mentsuyu is a flavourful and multipurpose Japanese sauce/soup base that can be made easily at home with just 5 ingredients!
Ingredients
- 1 cup Mirin *
- ¼ cup Sake
- 5 cm Kombu kelp strip
- 20 g Bonito flake
- 1 cup Soy sauce
Instructions
- Place mirin and sake in a medium sized pot to let the kombu soak in the liquid ingredients to release its umami flavours.
- Put the pot over medium heat, once it's boiled turn the heat down and simmer for 5 minutes over low heat.
- Add bonito flakes (katsuobushi) and simmer for a further one minute. *2
- Turn the heat off and let it cool down.
- Pour soy sauce into the saucepan.
- Using a fine-mesh strainer lined with a kitchen paper towel, strain out all solids from the mentsuyu into another clean container to keep.
Notes
*1 mirin and soy sauce ratio is 1:1, adjust sweetness by adding sugar.
*2 do not boil as it will cause fishy smell.
*3 this will make about 2 cups of concentrate mentsuyu.
*4 Dipping tsuyu, add equal amount of water or up to double amount of water depending on your liking.
*5 Kaketsuyu, dilute with one part to three parts of water.
Nutrition
Calories: 173kcal, Carbohydrates: 49g, Sodium: 903mg, Sugar: 28g