All-Purpose Sauce: Better than Mentsuyu

Name: All-Purpose Sauce: Better than Mentsuyu
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 400 ml Soy sauce; 200 ml Sake; 200 ml Mirin; 3 tbsp Sugar (or honey or maple syrup); 1 tsp Bonito dashi stock

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I don't like the mentsuyu noodle dipping sauce sold in store. Though lots of Japanese dishes use sauces with dashi, others don't, so to keep things simple, I came up with something in between.

You just need to mix these ingredients in this order. I realized that you could enjoy the flavor of soy sauce more if you don't boil it, so I decided to remove the pan from the heat before adding it. Recipe by chibi-pan

I don't like the mentsuyu noodle dipping sauce sold in store. Though lots of Japanese dishes use sauces with dashi, others don't, so to keep things simple, I came up with something in between.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I don't like the mentsuyu noodle dipping sauce sold in store. Though lots of Japanese dishes use sauces with dashi, others don't, so to keep things simple, I came up with something in between.

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Ingredients

400 mlSoy sauce
200 mlSake
200 mlMirin
3 tbspSugar (or honey or maple syrup)
1 tspBonito dashi stock

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Steps

1

Heat sake and mirin in a saucepan.
2

1 minute after it comes to the boil, add sugar (I use maple syrup or honey) and mix well with a rubber spatula. Stop the heat when the sugar is melted.
3

Add soy sauce and bonito dashi stock. Let it cool down and pour it into a container.
4

When you want to use this sauce for dipping noodles, make it thin according to your taste. You can easily use this sauce for simmering too. If you want to make it sweeter or fragrant, add some more to your taste.