Homemade Dashi (Japanese Stock) From Scratch

5.0 from 6 reviews

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Soup

Cuisines: Japanese

Ingredients: Seafood

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 15 mins

Serves: 4 cups

Ingredients

• 20 gram konbu kelp
• 4 cup water
• 20 gram bonito flakes (Japanese: 花がつお hana katsuo)

Instructions

1. Wipe konbu kelp gently with a damp kitchen towel.
2. Place konbu kelp and water in a pot over medium heat. Remove konbu just before the water boils.
3. Add bonito flakes. When water boils, remove the pot from heat at once.
4. When the bonito flakes sink to the bottom of the pot, strain through a fine-mesh sieve to obtain dashi stock. (*)

Notes

• (*) You may want to line the sieve with a cheese cloth if your sieve is not fine enough.