Dashi

also called dashi · ichiban dashi · ichiban-dashi · 出汁 · だし · first dashi · kombu and bonito stock · Japanese soup stock · sea stock · awase dashi

The table

Everything here that asks for dashi means this one: 45 minutes, and 30 of them are a soak.
1 piece(6 in, 15 g; wiped with a dry cloth, never rinsed)kombusoak cold 30 minheat to 150°F (65°C), lift the kombu outsteep 2 min off the heat, strain
6 cups(1.4 L)cold water
1 cup(10 g; loosely packed)katsuobushi
Keep the spent kombu and flakes: simmered again in fresh water 10 min they give niban dashi.
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What to lay out

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Pans and tools

Before anything else

2soak cold 30 min

4steep 2 min off the heat, strain

goes in with what step 3 made

Cooking it

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The clock

Start to finish
42 min
Needs you
none of itthe rest you can walk away from
If you get it wrong
Unforgiving — boiled kombu turns the pot slimy and faintly bitter, and there is no taking it back out of the broth

  1. soak cold 30 min

    30 minwalk awayfrom the start

  2. heat to 150°F (65°C), lift the kombu out

    10 minwalk away30 min in

  3. steep 2 min off the heat, strain

    2 minwalk away40 min in

You'll need saucepan

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>> title: Dashi
>> category: Soups
>> tags: japanese, kombu, katsuobushi, stock, quick
>> counters: Ramen Shop, Japanese Home Cooking
>> aka: dashi, ichiban dashi, ichiban-dashi, 出汁, だし, first dashi, kombu and bonito stock, Japanese soup stock, sea stock, awase dashi
>> pairs-with: shio-tare, shoyu-tare, shio-ramen
>> servings: 6
>> time: 45 min
>> slack: unforgiving — boiled kombu turns the pot slimy and faintly bitter, and there is no taking it back out of the broth

>> step: Everything here that asks for dashi means this one: 45 minutes, and 30 of them are a soak.
Everything on this counter that asks for dashi means this one.

>> step: soak cold 30 min
Soak @kombu{1%piece}(6 in, 15 g; wiped with a dry cloth, never rinsed) in @cold water{6%cups}(1.4 L) in a #saucepan{} ~soak{30%min}, until the sheet has softened and gone slippery to a fingertip.

>> step: heat to 150°F (65°C), lift the kombu out
Heat @&(~1)kombu water{} slowly to 150°F (65°C) and hold it there ~steep{10%min}, then lift the kombu out.

>> step: steep 2 min off the heat, strain
Steep @katsuobushi{1%cup}(10 g; loosely packed) in @&(~1)kombu broth{} off the heat ~steep{2%min}, until every flake has sunk, then pour it through a fine sieve without pressing on the flakes.

>> step: Keep the spent kombu and flakes: simmered again in fresh water 10 min they give niban dashi.
Keep the spent kombu and flakes.