Homemade Katsuo Dashi Recipe
If you don’t have dashi on hand, another option is to make your own. Here’s how it’s done.
Servings 2 cups
Cost $1
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- ½ cup katsuobushi loosely dried bonito flakes
Instructions
- Pour the water in a 1-quart saucepan and warm over medium heat.
- Add bonito flakes and let the water come to a rapid simmer. Allow to simmer for one minute.
- Remove the pan from the heat and allow the bonito flakes to steep in the broth for an additional five minutes
- Strain the bonito flakes from the broth. Then add more water pouring through the strained bonito to make two cups.
- The broth can be used immediately or you can refrigerate it up for a week or freeze it for up to three months.
