Japanese · Sauce / condiment

Sanbaizu Three-Flavour Vinegar

Name: Sanbaizu Three-Flavour Vinegar
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Serves 8 · About 1⅓ cups (320 ml)
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1½ tbsp sugar (or mirin); 120 ml rice vinegar; 2 tbsp light or dark soy sauce; 200 ml cold water; 4 g kombu; 5 g dried bonito flakes (katsuobushi)

The all-purpose sweet-sour-salty vinegar dressing of the Japanese kitchen: rice vinegar, sugar and soy brought just to the boil with dashi and cooled, for vinegared salads of cucumber, seaweed, crab and octopus.

YieldServes 8 · About 1⅓ cups (320 ml)
Hands-on15 min
Total55 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

dressing

1½ tbspsugar (or mirin)
120 mlrice vinegar
2 tbsplight or dark soy sauce

dashi

200 mlcold water
4 gkombu
5 gdried bonito flakes (katsuobushi)

Diet

Pescatarian

Contains

Gluten
Soy
Fish
Tuna
Bonito
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Rice
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
Seaweed (any)
Kelp
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)

Taste

Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Smoke

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Any season

Effort

Under 20 min active
30–60 min total
Difficulty 1
Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: low
Carbs: low
Fat: low
Fiber: low
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: low

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Ingredients

dressing

dashi

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