Best 8 Dashi Recipes

DASHI STOCK (KONBUDASHI)

Steps:

• Wipe away any dirt from the kombu with a paper towel, being careful not to rub off the white powdery deposits on the seaweed. Place the kombu and water in a saucepan, and allow it to soak for 30 minutes to become soft.
• Remove the kombu from the water, and cut several lengthwise slits into the leaf. Return the kombu to the water, and bring it to a boil. As soon as the water begins to boil, remove the kombu to prevent the stock from becoming bitter.
• Stir the bonito flakes into the kombu-flavored water, bring back to a boil, and take the pan off the heat. Allow the water to cool. When the bonito flakes have settled to the bottom, strain the dashi through a strainer lined with cheesecloth or a coffee filter.

BONITO DASHI

Steps:

• Wipe the kombu with a damp cloth to clean it, then cut into 1 inch pieces, and place into a saucepan along with the water. Let stand 15 to 20 minutes.
• Bring the kombu to a rapid simmer; reduce to a slow simmer over low heat. Sprinkle in the bonito shavings and simmer a few minutes more until the flakes have sunk to the bottom of the saucepan. Remove from the heat and let stand a few minutes. Strain through a mesh strainer before using.

TAMAGOYAKI (WITH DASHI)

Steps:

• Crack eggs into an appropriately sized bowl.
• Add the light shoyu, salt, and mirin to the eggs.
• Beat the ingredients together, then add dashi.
• Mix the dashi in lightly. It is important you don't mix too much, or the dashi will lose its flavor.*.
• Soak a paper towel in oil and wipe a frying pan with it, then put your frying pan over medium heat. If you have a rectangular or square pan, use that for best results.
• When the frying pan is hot, pour a thin layer of egg over it. Use your hashi or flipper to pop the bubbles.
• If using hashi, you need to flip or "roll" the egg towards you while gently guiding it with your hashi. Beginners may want to use a flipper, in which case you only need to roll the egg either toward you or away from you. Try not to rip the egg, but just keep rolling if you do.
• Now the rolled egg is on one side of the pan. You can choose to take it off of the heat now, or you can wipe the pan with oil again and add more egg. If so, remember to lift the cooked egg up to let the raw egg under it. Repeat until you have used all of the egg.
• After all of the egg had been used, move it (or them) to a cutting board. You can use a paper towel to shape the tamagoyaki while it is still hot, if you so choose.
• With the long side of the tamagoyaki parallel to yourself, slice evenly, though not too thin. There you have classic tamagoyaki!
• *If you are worried about appearance, this is the point where you would strain the egg through a sieve.

JAPANESE EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) TANAKA AND DASHI

Steps:

• HOW TO MAKE THE EGGPLANT: Wash eggplant, but do not peel.
• Cut into 1/2 inch cubes.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large frying pan.
• Add the cubes of eggplant and saute over high heat until lightly browned here and there.
• This should take about 2 minutes.
• Add the remaining ingredients.
• Stir well, cover pan and simmer over low heat until eggplant is tender and sauce is just a bit thicker.
• Serves 2.
• HOW TO MAKE THE DASHI: Bring the water to a fast rolling boil.
• Add kombu seaweed.
• Stir for 2 to 3 minutes to release its flavour.
• Then remove with a slotted spoon (leaving it in the soup would make it too strong).
• Bring the water back to a fast rolling boil and add the bonito shavings.
• Bring back to the boil, then quickly remove from the heat.
• Let the bonito shavings settle in the bottom of the pan---this usually takes 2 to 3 minutes.
• Strain; now the dashi, or broth, is ready to use.
• Yield: 6 cups.
• *InJapan it is used as much as we use salt, and it is a vegetable protein derivative.
• If you wish to use it, look for the Japanese type in Oriental shops.
• **Kombu:Kelp or dried seaweed tangle, which is one of two most basic and important ingredients for making soup stock (dashi).
• ***Shreddeddried bonito (a fish), the other essential for basic stock (dashi).
• Can be purchased in one piece, then grated, or already grated and packaged, which is much more convenient.
• DASHI: This soup stock is the base for almost all Japanese dishes, so it is important to learn how to make it.
• Chicken stock can replace dashi, but a certain flavour will be missing.
• Madame Benoit's World of Food.

DASHI SEAFOOD RISOTTO

Steps:

• Directions: For the Dashi: Wipe any dust from the Kombu. In a 3-quart pot bring water and Kombu almost to the boiling point. Immediately remove the Kombu, lower the flame and add the bonito flakes all at once to the Kombu broth and wait approximately 10 seconds and turn off the flame. Let the misture steep for 1 ½ to 2 minutes. Strain the Dashi stock through some cheesecloth and discard the conito flakes. Reserve the broth for the risotto. For the rice: In a 3 quart pot over medium heat, place 3 tablespoons of the grapeseed oil. Add the leeks and when they are translucent, add the one tablespoon of the garlic, the onion, rice and mushrooms. Make sure this mixture is covered with oil and stir, stir, stir. Since this is Japanese rice it's a bit starchier than Arborio, however, it is not recommended to wash this rice for risotto. Once the rice mixture is covered with the oil and it has been stirred, place 3 ladles of the warm Dashi stock into the rice mixture - stir. Continue this process until rice is done and does not taste starchy and is just al dente. Add 2 tablespoons of butter and stir to combine. Keep warm. For the seafood: In a 3-quart pot over medium high heat add 3 tablespoons of grapeseed oil and the remainder of the garlic. Add the mussels and clams and about 1 ladle of the Dashi stock - immediately cover for approximately 8 minutes. When mussels and clams are done add them to the risotto and add the uncooked shrimp - stir in another tablespoon of butter and season with salt and pepper.. The heat of the rice will cook the shrimp. When shrimp start to curl they are done. Serve immediately with some of the clam/mussel stock - delicious! Garnish with cilantro and peas.

NAKED SHRIMP DUMPLINGS IN DASHI

Steps:

• Place kombu into a pan and pour in cold water. Let soak for 30 minutes to an hour.
• Place the pan of kombu over medium-high heat and wait, stirring once, until water almost starts to simmer and you see bubbles just start to rise to the surface. Immediately turn off heat and remove kombu from the broth into a bowl. Allow broth to cool down to about 150 degrees F (66 degrees C).
• Stir bonito flakes into the hot kombu broth and bring to a gentle simmer over medium-high heat. Let simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and strain into a container.
• Place shrimp, Burrata cheese, salt, paprika, cayenne, ginger, and sesame oil into the bowl of a food processor. Pulse on and off until a smooth paste forms, scraping the bowl with a spatula as needed. Transfer to a bowl, wrap in plastic, and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour, to overnight.
• Transfer 2 cups of dashi back into the pan; add soy sauce and mirin. Bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat. Taste and adjust with more soy and/or mirin as needed.
• Scoop about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the chilled dumpling mixture into a football shape using two large spoons. Repeat with remaining dumpling mixture and carefully transfer 6 to 12 at a time into the simmering broth. Cook until dumplings turn over in the water, about 2 minutes per batch. Ladle about 1/2 cup dashi into warm serving bowls; remove dumplings with a strainer into the bowls (3 per serving).

SHIITAKE DASHI

Steps:

• Place kombu in pot of water and slowly bring to a simmer over medium high heat, but do not boil; about 10 minutes on the stove.
• Remove the kombu just before the pot boils and add the dried mushrooms.
• Boil for 1 minute, then turn off the heat and let the pot sit, uncovered, for 20 minutes.
• Remove the mushrooms and store the dashi for use in another recipe, or prepare it as a simple soup by adding the soy sauce, salt to taste and sliced green onion.

BACON DASHI

Steps:

• Rinse konbu under running water. Transfer konbu to a medium saucepan and add 8 cups water. Bring water to a simmer over medium heat. Turn off stove and let stand for 10 minutes.
• Remove konbu from saucepan and add bacon. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to a gentle simmer. Simmer bacon for 30 minutes.
• Remove bacon from saucepan. Transfer liquid to an airtight container and chill until fat separates and hardens on top. Remove fat and discard. Store dashi covered and refrigerated, up to 3 days.