katsuobushi
Sign in to saveAlso known as katsuo bushi, katsuo-bushi, bonito flakes
thumb|Steam animates katsuobushi thumb|A bag of katsuobushi flakes is simmered, smoked and fermented skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis, sometimes referred to as bonito). It is also known as bonito flakes or broadly as .
Key facts
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- Katsuobushi shavings from a package
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via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Traditional production process
- Shaving
- Uses
- Health
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Steam animates katsuobushi thumb|A bag of katsuobushi flakes is simmered, smoked and fermented skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis, sometimes referred to as bonito). It is also known as bonito flakes or broadly as .
Shaved katsuobushi and dried kelp—kombu—are the main ingredients of dashi, a broth that forms the basis of many soups (such as miso) and sauces (such as soba no tsukejiru) in Japanese cuisine.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “katsuobushi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.