This is my family's udon noodle broth.Even I, who only ever buys the bare minimum when it comes to ingredients, had what I needed to make the soup broth.The meat and shiitake mushrooms soak up the delicious flavors of the broth.You don't need to measure the ingredients precisely. Adjust the concentration to your liking. You could add aburaage or other ingredients. The ingredients will cook through enough after bringing the saucepan to a boil. It's fine to turn off the heat immediately after bringing it to a boil.I served it with my DIY udon noodles Recipe by Myajima

My husband says he likes mentaiko udon a whole lot more than mentaiko pasta.Adjust the seasoning with soy sauce at the end. For 2 servings. Recipe by Tanosukedono

I love my mother's fried chicken recipe and asked her the seasoning but all she uses are mentsuyu and garlic!So I added sake and ginger to make it flavored the way I like.It's an easy recipe using mentsuyu.You'll have almost no dish washing to do as you use a plastic bag.It's convenient for bentos if you freeze them once fried. Recipe by rie373

Mentsuyu is convenient and delicious. I used to use storebought mentsuyu, but I wanted to make my own so I looked up recipes online. After several experiment with more or less mirin, sugar and so on, I think that this version is just like the storebought one I used to use.It's a bother to have to strain the liquid, so I put the bonito flakes in a large tea bag. Dry roast the used konbu seaweed and bonito flakes with sesame seeds and turn into furikake (rice seasoning). The mentsuyu sauce will keep for about a month in the refrigerator. For about 400 ml. Recipe by Sumairukun.

This is a simple, flavorful dish with thick noodles and fresh vegetables. The recipe is super versatile and I make it often by substituting with veggies I have on had or adding meat.

This is the kazunoko that my mother made for me every year for our new year's osechi meal.If you soak the kazunoko for too long, it will become bitter and the eggs will become pale; do not soak for longer than 10 hours.If using 3x concentrate mentsuyu, use 100 ml. Recipe by LeoRyu

I did some research on the internet and made my own version using ingredients at hand.Dried bonito gives the mentsuyu a very refined taste. Dried bonito flakes makes a strong dashi stock.After straining, use the bonito to make stock from a second, third, and fourth batch for other dishes, like oden (fish cake stew), simmered dishes, takikomi gohan (rice cooked with other ingredients), or soup. It's really tasty! Recipe by vegecat

I learned this recipe from my mother.When my mother makes this, she makes sure to evaporate the alcohol and lets the broth rest before use, but I'm pretty lazy and cut corners (haha).Commercial mentsuyu is pretty concentrated, but I prefer a lighter version -- that's why I came up with this recipe.Pay attention to the heat and the time while making this.It's common sense but, use high quality bonito and kombu for a better flavor.If you use high quality ingredients and carefully make this, you'll be able to produce a delicious concentrated sauce that'll blow the cheap commercial variety right out of the water! For standard, simple ratios. Recipe by *ai*

I made this for Christmas this year. I was looking through the ingredients in store-bought sauce and realized that mentsuyu could be used to season roasted chicken.If you have the time, marinate for as long as possible, overnight is the best. Let the flavors settle in at least for an hour. However, if you top with the sauce you can get it to work out.Adjust the baking time and brown color accordingly, so it cooks through to the center. Recipe by Lesser Panda

This is an easy mentsuyu. It's much cheaper than buying it!If you don't dilute it, it can be stored in the refrigerator for 1 month. Recipe by Cooking S Papa

I always make rice bowls with meat, but they started to taste even better after I started adding some tofu too.Feel free to use firm or silken tofu, I personally prefer to use silken.Sprinkle over some green onions at the end for a bit of colour.Top off the rice bowl with any sauce left over in the pan at the end.If the flavour is a bit too thin for you, feel free to add some soy sauce or mirin. Recipe by Ryo---ko

This recipe brings out the delicious taste of fried vegetables.I wondered if mentsuyu would work for this.If using cherry tomatoes, remove the stem in Step 2 and do not cut in half!The taste of mentsuyu varies among brands, so adjust the flavor after adding the grated daikon.Other ingredients also work well in this recipe, like shishito, green peppers, red bell peppers, chicken, or minced chicken patties.Serve this with chilled noodles! Recipe by Sutekinigohanchan