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Ingredients

• ✓ bonito flake
• kombu
• water
• shrimp
• burrata cheese
• salt
• paprika
• cayenne pepper
• ginger root
• sesame oil
• soy sauce
• mirin

Instructions

1. 1 Place kombu into a pan and pour in cold water. Let soak for 30 minutes to an hour.
2. 2 Place the pan of kombu over medium-high heat and wait, stirring once, until water almost starts to simmer and you see bubbles just start to rise to the surface. Immediately turn off heat and remove kombu from the broth into a bowl. Allow broth to cool down to about 150 degrees F (66 degrees C).
3. 3 Stir bonito flakes into the hot kombu broth and bring to a gentle simmer over medium-high heat. Let simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and strain into a container.
4. 4 Place shrimp, Burrata cheese, salt, paprika, cayenne, ginger, and sesame oil into the bowl of a food processor. Pulse on and off until a smooth paste forms, scraping the bowl with a spatula as needed. Transfer to a bowl, wrap in plastic, and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour, to overnight.
5. 5 Transfer 2 cups of dashi back into the pan; add soy sauce and mirin. Bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat. Taste and adjust with more soy and/or mirin as needed.
6. 6 Scoop about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the chilled dumpling mixture into a football shape using two large spoons. Repeat with remaining dumpling mixture and carefully transfer 6 to 12 at a time into the simmering broth. Cook until dumplings turn over in the water, about 2 minutes per batch. Ladle about 1/2 cup dashi into warm serving bowls; remove dumplings with a strainer into the bowls (3 per serving).

By John Mitzewich

Ingredients

• ✓ bonito flake
• corn
• mayonnaise
• sour cream
• mexican seasoning
• cotija cheese
• okonomiyaki sauce
• aonori seaweed flakes
• lime

Instructions

1. 1 Heat a large grill pan over medium-high heat.
2. 2 Combine mayonnaise, sour cream, lime juice, and Mexican seasoning in a bowl and stir until blended.
3. 3 Grill corn in the preheated grill pan until warm yellow in color and grill marks form, turning every 2 to 3 minutes, about 6 minutes total. Set aside to cool.
4. 4 Use a pastry brush to coat grilled corn with the mayonnaise mixture. Sprinkle cotija cheese on the corn, rotating to cover all sides. Drizzle okonomiyaki sauce evenly over corn. Sprinkle aonori flakes on top and add bonito flakes.

By OtaJoy

Ingredients

• ✓ bonito flake
• kombu
• water
• fried tofu cake
• soy sauce
• mirin
• sugar
• salt
• udon noodle
• scallion

Instructions

1. 1 Break kombu into 2-inch pieces; this should equal about 2 cups, loosely packed. Bring water and kombu to a gentle boil in a medium saucepan over medium heat; boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, then remove and discard kombu. Sprinkle in bonito flakes and bring to a simmer over medium heat, about 2 minutes. Once simmering, remove from heat, strain, and discard solids. Place dashi back into the saucepan and set aside.
2. 2 Place aburaage in a medium bowl. Cover with hot water and let soak until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Strain, allow to cool briefly until cool enough to handle, and gently press aburaage with your hands to squeeze out any excess water.
3. 3 Bring 1 cup dashi, 1 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon mirin, and sugar to a boil in another medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce to a simmer over medium-low heat and add the soaked aburaage. Cook, covered, until the majority of the liquid is absorbed, about 5 minutes. Flip aburaage halfway through.
4. 4 Bring the remaining 4 cups of dashi to a gentle boil over medium heat. Stir in salt, remaining 1 tablespoon soy sauce, and remaining 1 tablespoon mirin. Add frozen udon noodles; cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until noodles have separated and are tender yet firm to the bite, about 2 minutes.
5. 5 Divide noodles and broth evenly into 2 bowls. Top with seasoned aburaage and sliced scallions.

By Jasmine

Ingredients

• ✓ bonito flake
• kimchi
• egg
• water
• brown sugar
• salt
• sesame oil
• green onion
• all-purpose flour
• vegetable oil

Instructions

1. 1 Drain kimchi thoroughly through a sieve, reserving juice. Chop kimchi finely and set aside.
2. 2 Whisk together egg, water, 3 tablespoons reserved kimchi juice, brown sugar, salt, and sesame oil in a large bowl. Mix in kimchi and green onions. Stir in flour until just combined.
3. 3 Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add a few spoonfuls of batter to the skillet. Cook pancake in hot oil until edges are lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Flip and cook until crispy, 2 to 3 minutes more. Transfer pancake to a serving plate and repeat with remaining batter.
4. 4 Sprinkle bonito flakes on top of pancakes to serve.

By John Mitzewich

Ingredients

• ✓ bonito flake
• ✓ bonito flake
• ramen noodle
• dashi kombu
• garlic
• white sugar
• green onion
• sake
• mirin
• soy sauce
• water
• dashi kombu
• ginger
• shrimp
• anchovy
• scallop
• chicken

Instructions

1. 1 Place chicken, scallops, anchovies, shrimp, bonito flakes, half the ginger, and kombu in an electric pressure cooker. Add water; close and lock the lid. Select the Soup setting; set timer for 90 minutes according to manufacturer's instructions. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
2. 2 Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, 10 to 40 minutes. Strain broth through a colander or fine-mesh sieve. Skim the fatty oil off the top of the broth.
3. 3 Combine soy sauce, mirin, sake, green onions, bonito flakes, sugar, garlic, and kombu in a medium saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until flavors blend, about 10 minutes. Strain tare sauce through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl.
4. 4 Pour 2 tablespoons of tare sauce into a large bowl. Ladle in about 2 cups of broth. Add 1/6 of the ramen noodles. Repeat with remaining tare, broth, and ramen.

By Ice or Rice

Ingredients

• ✓ bonito flake
• green onion
• sesame seed
• sriracha hot sauce
• cayenne pepper
• shrimp
• bay scallop
• sriracha hot sauce
• sesame oil
• soy sauce
• mayonnaise
• nori
• sesame seed
• salt
• sugar
• rice vinegar
• water
• medium-grain white rice

Instructions

1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
2. 2 Rinse rice and drain. Add rice to a pot and pour in water. Bring to a simmer over high heat, then reduce heat to low. Cover and cook for 20 minutes. Turn off heat and let rest for 10 minutes.
3. 3 While rice cooks, combine rice vinegar, sugar, and salt together in a small bowl until dissolved. Set aside.
4. 4 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a shallow 2-quart baking dish with some sesame oil.
5. 5 Uncover rice and drizzle over seasoned vinegar mixture. Use a fork to break up and fluff rice. Transfer rice into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle over toasted sesame seeds, bonito flakes, and nori; use a fork to gently stir into the rice.
6. 6 Mix mayonnaise, soy sauce, ½ teaspoon sesame oil, and Sriracha for topping together in a bowl and stir in scallops and shrimp. Spread over rice, and sprinkle cayenne over the top.
7. 7 Bake in the center of the preheated oven until the seafood is just cooked through (or 95% cooked through), about 20 minutes. Turn oven to a high broil setting, and brown the top, 1 to 2 minutes.
8. 8 Garnish the top with more Sriracha, toasted sesame seeds, and green onions before serving.

By John Mitzewich

Ingredients

• ✓ bonito flake
• kombu
• water

Instructions

1. 1 Wipe off any dirt from kombu with a paper towel, being careful not to rub off the white powdery deposits on the seaweed. Soak kombu in water in a saucepan for 30 minutes to soften.
2. 2 Transfer kombu to a cutting board; cut several slits, lengthwise, into the leaf. Return kombu to water in the saucepan; bring to a boil. As soon as water begins to boil, remove kombu to prevent stock from becoming bitter.
3. 3 Stir bonito flakes into kombu-flavored water; bring back to a boil, then remove pan from heat. Allow dashi to cool. When bonito flakes settle on bottom, strain dashi through a strainer lined with cheesecloth or a coffee filter.

By Kyle Hildebrant

Ingredients

• ✓ bonito flake
• water
• dashi kombu
• tofu
• wakame
• miso paste
• green onion

Instructions

1. 1 Heat water in a large pot over low heat. Add kombu and cook until just simmering. Stir in bonito flakes, then remove dashi stock from the heat. Let dashi sit, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Strain and set aside.
2. 2 Heat 3 1/2 cups dashi in a pot over medium heat. Add tofu and wakame and stir to combine. Remove 1 cup warmed dashi to a small bowl and whisk in miso paste. Pour miso mixture back into the pot with remaining dashi. Stir until warmed through. Serve garnished with chopped green onions.

By Allrecipes

Ingredients

• ✓ bonito flake
• water
• kombu
• silken tofu
• white miso
• red miso
• wakame seaweed flakes
• wakame seaweed
• hijiki seaweed
• green onion

Instructions

1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
2. 2 Pour cold water into a saucepan. Add kombu and soak for 30 minutes.
3. 3 Set pan on the stove over medium heat, and wait until water just starts to simmer. Turn off heat, and remove kombu with a strainer. Squeeze out any liquid back into the pan, and discard kombu.
4. 4 Turn heat back on to med-high, and bring to a simmer. Stir bonito flakes into the simmering liquid, and turn off the heat. Let sit for 10 minutes, before staining and reserving the liquid, also known as the "dashi."
5. 5 Pour dashi into a saucepan over medium heat. Add pre-soaked, shredded seaweed, soy sauce, and green onions. Bring to a simmer, and reduce heat to low. Place a small strainer over the pan, and add miso pastes. Submerge strainer halfway down into the hot dashi, and stir slowly until all the miso has dissolved and passed through into the soup.
6. 6 Stir in tofu, and continue cooking on low until tofu is heated through, about 2 minutes. Taste and season with more soy sauce if needed.
7. 7 Serve immediately with sliced green onions on top.

By John Mitzewich

Ingredients

• ✓ bonito flake
• short-grain white rice
• water
• nori
• seaweed
• sesame seed
• black sesame seed
• egg
• mirin
• tamari
• vegetable oil
• tamari
• ginger
• wasabi paste
• edamame
• broccoli

Instructions

1. 1 Rinse rice with cool water until the water runs clear; drain. Bring rice and ¾ cup water to a boil in a pot; reduce heat. Simmer until water is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Cool 10 to 20 minutes.
2. 2 Cut nori sheet into two 1-inch strips; reserve remainder of sheet for tamagoyaki.
3. 3 Form cooled rice into 4 equal portions using wet hands, keeping hands wet to keep rice from sticking. Create an indention in 1 rice portion using your thumb; fill indention with 1 teaspoon bonito flakes. Top with another rice portion to enclose onigiri. Form into an oval shape; wrap middle with 1 nori (1-inch) strip. Repeat to make a second onigiri with remaining rice portions, bonito flakes, and nori (1-inch) strip. Sprinkle white and black sesame seeds on top of onigiri. Place in a bento box.
4. 4 Whisk eggs, mirin, and ⅛ teaspoon tamari together in a bowl; divide into 3 portions. Cut remaining portion nori sheet into four ½-inch strips.
5. 5 Heat oil in a small saucepan or square tamagoyaki pan over medium-high heat. Add ⅓ egg mixture; cook until almost firm, 2 to 3 minutes, if omelet is too firm, it won't stick together very well. Slide flat omelet onto a plate. Add 4 nori (½-inch) strips to the pan with some space between each.
6. 6 Add ⅓ egg mixture to the pan; cook until almost firm, 2 to 3 minutes. Roll up carefully in the pan with nori strips. Slide rolled omelet onto edge of first unrolled omelet. Add remaining ⅓ egg mixture to the pan; cook until almost firm, 2 to 3 minutes, roll it up and slide on top of second omelet. Cool until cool enough to touch, about 5 minutes.
7. 7 Roll entire layered omelet together with nori inside. Cut into 4 pieces. Place alongside onigiri in bento box.
8. 8 Combine 2 tablespoons tamari, ginger, and wasabi paste in a bowl; transfer to a portable container and place into bento box. Add edamame and steamed broccoli to bento box.

By Buckwheat Queen