Foryoueats: Japanese Clear Soup (Osumashi)

Foryoueats: Japanese Clear Soup (Osumashi)

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This traditional Japanese Clear Soup, known as Osumashi, features a light and savory broth made with dashi, soy sauce, and salt. It is then filled with kamaboko, shiitake mushrooms, and mitsuba for a...

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Ingredients

  • For the Broth:
  • 3⅓ cups dashi (Japanese soup stock) (I used Awase Dashi (recipe follows) using kombu and katsuobushi; for vegan/vegetarian, makeVegan Dashi)
  • 2 tsp usukuchi (light-colored) soy sauce (use gluten-free soy sauce for GF)
  • ½ tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt
  • For the Soup Ingredients:
  • 8 slices kamaboko (fish cake) (skip for vegan/vegetarian)
  • 8 pieces fu (wheat gluten) (skip for gluten-free)
  • 2 shiitake mushrooms
  • 4 sprigs mitsuba (Japanese parsley)
  • For the Awase Dashi:
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 piece kombu (dried kelp) (10 g; 4 x 4 inches, 10 x 10 cm per piece)
  • 1 cup katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes) (packed)

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