The Simplest Dashi + Shiitake Mushroom Rice with Edamame
Dashi, is an essential for Japanese Cooking, but can we stop calling it stock? If you can make tea, you make dashi. Here's one to start with: Shiitake dashi.
Let’s stop calling dashi Japanese stock. It’s an easy shortcut, but misleading. I’ve introduced it this way for years myself. However, recently, I’ve wondered if it’s putting people off making it. Prepping a stock conjures up ideas of chopping vegetables, meat carcasses, hours with a huge steaming pot on the go and all the resulting mess to deal with. N…
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