Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, 'mentsuyu' (noodle dipping sauce). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

In Japan, we use Mentsuyu as a basic sauce or broth to flavor everything from noodle dishes, rice bowls, hot pots to tempura dipping sauce. The multipurpose sauce gets a real depth of flavor and smokiness from the use of kombu and bonito flakes. Mentsuyu (noodle sauce) is a very versatile sauce that gives many dishes a great Japanese flavor.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have 'mentsuyu' (noodle dipping sauce) using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make 'Mentsuyu' (Noodle Dipping Sauce):

1. Take < Ingredients for Popular Method >
2. Make ready 1/2 cup Mirin
3. Make ready 2/3 cup Soy Sauce
4. Make ready 10-15 g or a handful of ‘Katsuobushi’
5. Get 2 cups Water
6. Make ready < Ingredients for Quick & Easy Method >
7. Make ready 2 cups Water
8. Take 1 & 1/3 teaspoon Instant Dashi Powder *’Katsuobushi’ type recommended
9. Take 1/3 cup Mirin
10. Make ready 1/2 cup Soy Sauce

This Mentsuyu Recipe (Cold Soba Noodle Dipping Sauce) is ready in minutes! Made from soy sauce, mirin, sake and dashi powder, it's a super refreshing. 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. Mentsuyu (麺汁) literally translates to "noodle broth", but the term is usually used to refer to a multipurpose seasoning that's like the Japanese version of season-all.

Steps 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.

Put all ingredients except Katsuobushi in a pot. Boil it and Turn off the heat, then add Katsuobushi. Let it set until Katsuobushi sink. Mentsuyu is Japanese soup base used in soba and udon noodle dishes. It's made from sake, mirin, soy sauce, kombu, and katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes).

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