Mentsuyu All-Purpose Noodle Soup Base - 10floz

Mentsuyu is a fragrant and flavorful base made from dark soy sauce and dashi (bonito, mackerel, sardines and seaweed). It is most commonly used as a dipping broth for cold noodles (soba, udon, etc), and this particular mentsuyu can be used as is without dilution for this purpose. You can also dilute to make a broth for warm noodles for a delicious bowl. If you want to create a hot noodle broth, simply add 1 part this noodle base to 2.5 parts hot water. Another common way to use mentsuyu is as a dipping sauce for tempura. 

However, the benefits of mentsuyu does not stop there! 

Often used in Japanese households as a "hack" for easy cooking, you can use mentsuyu for making agedashi tofu, curry udon, oyakodon, and even pastas. 

Containing bonito Ichiban-dashi (first brewing bonito dashi stock), the soup base was brewed with a secret method called "Hongaeshi", which entails melting sugar into soy sauce and mirin with heat and letting it sit at a low temperature. This results in a truly distinctive and rich flavor. Contains no food additives.

Rice Fermented Seasoning, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybean, Wheat, Salt), Sugar, Bonito Extract, Salt, Bonito Extract, Sweet Cooking Rice Seasoning, Stock (Bonito Flake, Bonito Extract, Mackerel Flake, Dried Sardine), Bonito Extract, Bonito Flake, Seaweed Extract, Yeast Extract, Vinegar, Alcohol (Retain Freshness).

Product of Japan. 10fl oz