Japanese · Sauce / condiment

Tosa Joyu Bonito Soy Sauce

Name: Tosa Joyu Bonito Soy Sauce
Total time: 744 h 21 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2½ tsp sake; 1½ tbsp mirin; ½ piece kombu, 5 cm square; 120 ml dark (koikuchi) soy sauce; 1½ tbsp tamari; 5 g dried bonito flakes (hana-katsuo), a small handful

Dark soy and tamari steeped with kombu, bonito flakes and alcohol-free sake and mirin, then strained and matured for a month: the classic, rounder and smokier dipping sauce for sashimi.

YieldServes 8
Hands-on15 min
Total31 d
Difficulty

Ingredients

2½ tspsake
1½ tbspmirin
½ piecekombu, 5 cm square
120 mldark (koikuchi) soy sauce
1½ tbsptamari
5 gdried bonito flakes (hana-katsuo), a small handful

Diet

Pescatarian
Lower sugar

Contains

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

Taste

Sweet
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Smoke

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Any season

Occasion

Meal prep

Effort

Under 20 min active
Over 3 hours total
Difficulty 1
Needs advance prep
Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

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

Budget

Budget: low

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