Bonito flakes

Bonito flakes are thin small flakes shaved off of a piece of bonito tuna that has been smoked, dried, and fermented. The flakes have a salty, fishy flavor and are used in Japanese cooking as a flavoring agent.
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Bonito flakes - The dried flakes of a dark, full-flavored fish, used in the Japanese soup stock dashi, which is among the simplest stocks to make. Bonito flakes are available in Asian markets.

Bonito flakes:
The dried flakes of a dark, full-flavored fish, used in the Japanese soup stock dashi, which is among the simplest stocks to make. Bonito flakes are available in Asian markets.
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dried bonito flakes See bonito flakes.
dried crayfish Substitutes: dried shrimp
dried salted codfish See salt cod.

Bonito flakes, sake, sugar, soy sauce, sesame seeds, japanese short-grain rice, and water are used to cook Rice with Bonito Flakes fish flakes recipe.
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Add 3 cups of loose bonito flakes and turn off the heat. Once the flakes have sunk to the bottom of the pot (about a minute or two), strain the stock into another pot or receptacle using a colander filled with cheesecloth or a large coffee filter.

To make ponzu, cooks simmer mirin, a type of sweet Japanese rice wine, with rice vinegar, bonito flakes, and seaweed.

It is also used to describe flavors enhanced by naturally occurring substances in foods such as glutamate, an amino acid that exists within bonito flakes, cheese, fish, kelp, mushrooms, red meat, soy sauce, and tomatoes.

Ponzu sauce
A Japanese mix of soy sauce, lemon juice or rice vinegar, sake or other liquor, seaweed and dried bonito flakes.
Porcini
Smoky, meaty wild mushrooms.

3 Tbsp mirin with the alcohol burned off
1/3 ounce hana-katsu (shaved dried bonito flakes)
2-in square piece of kombu
Mix together all ingredients and let sit for 24 hours. Strain through cheesecloth.'' ...

The most direct way most Americans have experienced this taste is in sautéed mushrooms as glutamate is abundant in all mushrooms. Other glutamate-rich foods include tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, soy sauce, bonito flakes, and kelp.

katsuo-bushi (Jap.) Dried bonito flakes, essential in making dashi..
kebab (Turk. ) Small pieces of meat seasoned and often combined with
vegetables sometimes skewered and grilled over an open fire.
kedgeree (Ind.) See kitcheri.

See also: Bonito, Flake, Rice, Cooking, Water