Dashi

Dashi is a Japanese stock or simple soup or broth which is one of the key fundamental building blocks of Japanese cuisine.

Fresh dashi is made by boiling kelp (kombu) and shavings of katsuobushi (dried, fermented, and smoked skipjack tuna) in water. The water is then strained to produce the dashi broth (stock).

Alternative dashi stocks are made using shiitake mushrooms or dried baby sardines (niboshi).

Most Japanese people do not make fresh dashi but instead use dashi powders, granulated dashi or pre-packaged dashi liquids.

In 1908 Kikunae Ikeda identified kelp dashi’s flavour as having umami, the ‘fifth flavor’.

Relevant Recipes for Dashi

Recipe Names

1. Basic Dashi
2. Dashi
3. Dashi Stock

Recipe Ingredients

1. Alan Nakagawa's Basic Kansai (Osaka) Style Okonomiyaki
2. Asian-American Ginger Burgers
3. Chawan Mushi
4. Clear Sea Broth With Clams And Snow Peas
5. Crunchy Tempura And Soba Noodle Salad
6. Dipping Sauce #1
7. Dipping Sauce #2
8. Dipping Sauce - 1
9. Dipping Sauce - 2
10. Grilled Vegetables With Miso Glaze
11. Japanese Clear Winter Vegetable Soup - {Suzuki No Suimono}
12. Kamaboko Udon Soup
13. Lobster Dumpling In Seafood Consomme
14. Miso Broth With Tatsoi-Enoki Salad
15. Miso Eggdrop Soup
16. Miso Soup
17. Miso Soup With Manila Clams
18. Miso Soup With Shrimp
19. Miso Soup With Tofu And Mushrooms
20. Miso Topping For Grilled Vegetables And Fish
21. Naoyoshi Sasaki's Basic Hiroshima Style Okonomiyaki
22. New Year's Soup - {Ozoni}
23. Noodle Dipping Sauce
24. Noodles and Dipping Sauce
25. Okonomiyaki Sauce
26. Poached Mackerel With Ginger-Soy Sauce And Soba Noodles
27. Sake Braised Pork Belly
28. Sambai-Zu (Rice-Vinegar And Soy Dipping Sauce)
29. Shabu Shabu With Dipping Sauces
30. Spinach With Sesame Dressing
31. Sukiyaki With Red Snapper
32. Tataki
33. Tempura ,Japanese Way
34. Tempura Dipping Sauce
35. Tempura, The Japanese Way
36. Tofu Crab Cakes
37. Udon With Chicken And Scallions - (Tori Nanba Udon)