'Mentsuyu' (Noodle Dipping Sauce)
'Mentsuyu' (Noodle Dipping Sauce)

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You may also wish to try mentsuyu (noodle sauce), another very versatile tsuyu dipping sauce that gives many soups and dishes a great, complex Japanese umami flavor. This is perfect for dipping cold Soba or Somen noodles, tempura and more. Mentsuyu (sometimes called tsuyu) is a popular dipping sauce / soup base used in Japanese cuisine.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have 'mentsuyu' (noodle dipping sauce) using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make 'Mentsuyu' (Noodle Dipping Sauce):
  1. Prepare < Ingredients for Popular Method >
  2. Take 1/2 cup Mirin
  3. Take 2/3 cup Soy Sauce
  4. Make ready 10-15 g or a handful of ‘Katsuobushi’
  5. Take 2 cups Water
  6. Get < Ingredients for Quick & Easy Method >
  7. Prepare 2 cups Water
  8. Take 1 & 1/3 teaspoon Instant Dashi Powder *’Katsuobushi’ type recommended
  9. Get 1/3 cup Mirin
  10. Get 1/2 cup Soy Sauce

It is so easy to make and keeps well in the refrigerator (at least a couple weeks, stays for a month in my fridge), and comes in handy in a crunch time for dinner. Mentsuyu is an all-purpose sauce in Japanese cooking. It is usually used as a dipping sauce for soba noodles or tempura, as a soup base for somen or udon noodles, or is poured over tofu and vegetables. Mentsuyu is typically made from Japanese sake, mirin, light soy sauce, dried seaweed, and dried bonito flakes.

Instructions to make 'Mentsuyu' (Noodle Dipping Sauce):
  1. <Popular Method> - Heat Mirin in a saucepan to boil off alcohol. Then add Soy Sauce and bring it to the boil. Add ‘Katsuobushi’ and cook about for a minute.
  2. Add Water and bring to the boil again, then remove from heat. Drain the sauce well. Allow it cool, then chill in the fridge.
  3. <Quick & Easy Method> - Place all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Keep boiling for a few minutes. Allow it cool, then chill in the fridge.

Bring complex umami flavour to your soup and noodle dishes with tsuyu dipping sauce. Called 'men tsuyu' in Japanese, this thin, clear sauce is made from dashi soup stock and a mixture of soy sauce, mirin and sugar, which is called 'kaeshi'. As well as serving men tsuyu alongside piles of. This is a concentrated broth often used in Japan for noodle type dishes, such as in udon, soba, etc. Many recipes can jumpstart from this basic tsuyu, such as oden, salad dressing, other types of sauces by incorporating vinegar, more sugar, ginger, garlic, miso, etc.

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