Shio Tare

also called shio tare · 塩ダレ · salt tare · salt base for ramen · shio dare · ramen salt seasoning · white tare

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Shio Tare: ingredients down the left, what to do with them across. Tap any cell to cross it off.
Salt on its own tastes like the sea; the scallop and the kombu are what stop it.
1 piece(4 in)kombusoak cold 8 hrwarm to 160°F (70°C), hold 20 minstir the salt in until it disappearsstrain and bottle
2(conpoy, or 2 dried shiitake)dried scallop
1/2 cup(120 mL)water
1/4 cup(60 mL)sake
1/4 cup(60 g)fine sea salt
2 Tbs(30 mL; light-coloured, saltier than dark)usukuchi soy sauce
1 Tbs(15 mL)mirin
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What to lay out

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Before anything else

2soak cold 8 hr

4stir the salt in until it disappears

goes in with what step 3 made

Cooking it

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The clock

Start to finish
at least 8 hr 20 min2 of 4 steps give no time
Needs you
none given
If you get it wrong
Forgiving — the hold is at 160°F, because kombu taken to a boil turns slippery and bitter and there is no straining that out
  1. soak cold 8 hr

    8 hrwalk awayfrom the start

  2. warm to 160°F (70°C), hold 20 min

    20 minwalk away8 hr in

  3. stir the salt in until it disappears

    not timed8 hr 20 min in

  4. strain and bottle

    not timed8 hr 20 min in

Goes with

See how it is written
>> title: Shio Tare
>> category: Sauces & Gravies
>> tags: japanese, salt, ramen, seasoning, make-ahead
>> counters: Ramen Shop
>> aka: shio tare, 塩ダレ, salt tare, salt base for ramen, shio dare, ramen salt seasoning, white tare
>> pairs-with: shio-ramen, tonkotsu-ramen, dashi
>> servings: 12
>> time: 8 hr 45 min
>> slack: forgiving — the hold is at 160°F, because kombu taken to a boil turns slippery and bitter and there is no straining that out

>> step: Salt on its own tastes like the sea; the scallop and the kombu are what stop it.
Salt on its own tastes like the sea; the scallop and the kombu are what stop it.

>> step: soak cold 8 hr
Soak @kombu{1%piece}(4 in) and @dried scallop{2}(conpoy, or 2 dried shiitake) in @water{1/2%cup}(120 mL) and @sake{1/4%cup}(60 mL) in the fridge ~soak{8%hr}, until the scallop has swollen and can be pulled into threads.

>> step: warm to 160°F (70°C), hold 20 min
Warm @&(~1)soaked kombu and scallop{} to 160°F (70°C) and hold it there ~steep{20%min}.

>> step: stir the salt in until it disappears
Stir @fine sea salt{1/4%cup}(60 g) into @&(~1)infusion{} off the heat until not a grain is left on the bottom, then @usukuchi soy sauce{2%Tbs}(30 mL; light-coloured, saltier than dark) and @mirin{1%Tbs}(15 mL).

>> step: strain and bottle
Strain @&(~1)tare{} into a bottle and keep it cold.