Dried Bonito Flakes (Katsuobushi): What Is It And How To Use It

If you search for Japanese foods on the internet, you might stumble upon Japanese dancing fish flakes. These fish flakes are so thin that some amount of warm steam makes them waver and curl, as if they are wiggling and dancing. If what you saw is like the thing in the image above, then its name is actually "katsuobushi" or bonito flakes. But what exactly is bonito flakes and how was it made? In this article, we will tell you a lot of things about bonito flakes, also called katsuobushi.
The katsuo dashi is a dashi made with bonito flakes or katsuobushi.It is characterized by its refined taste and rich aroma, and it's an all-purpose dashi that brings out the taste of any ingredients.This dashi doesn't need much time to soak in the water like other ingredients, so you would be able to make it quickly when you want to eat miso soup.The flavor of katsuo dashi will be improved by combining it with the vegetable-based kombu dashi.
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Once you have katsuo dashi, a stock you can get by simmering bonito flakes in boiling water, you can pretty much make all kinds of Japanese food. One of those foods is udon.For this recipe, feel free to add any topping you like.

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