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This umami-packed 4-ingredient infused soy sauce is an easy shortcut to making many Japanese dishes.
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Japanese Seasoning Soy Sauce

Dashi Shoyu, or Japanese seasoned soy sauce, is a versatile condiment and seasoning packed with umami and goes great with soups, stews, sauces, or dressings.
Course Condiments & Pickles
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword seasoning
Level Beginner
Diet Gluten-Free, Pescatarian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Infusing Time 1 day
Total Time 1 day 5 minutes
Servings 16 servings
Calories 12kcal
Author Marc Matsumoto

Ingredients

  • 1 cup soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons evaporated cane sugar
  • 4 grams konbu
  • 8 grams katsuobushi
Grams + US Cups - US Standard

Instructions

  • Stir the sugar into the soy sauce until it dissolves.
    1 cup soy sauce, 2 teaspoons evaporated cane sugar
    Mixing sugar and soy sauce together.
  • Add the konbu and katsuobushi to the soy sauce, cover, and refrigerate for at least 24 hours to infuse the soy sauce.
    4 grams konbu, 8 grams katsuobushi
    Soy sauce infusing with katsuobushi and konbu.
  • Remove the konbu and pass the soy sauce through a fine mesh strainer, pressing on the solids. Store the dashi soy sauce in a bottle in the refrigerator.
    Straining Japanese dashi soy sauce.

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Nutrition

Calories: 12kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 0.02g | Saturated Fat: 0.003g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 0.3mg | Sodium: 812mg | Potassium: 35mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 0.3IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.4mg