灰汁
aku
あく
scum
Broth
The grey-brown foam bones and meat throw in the first minutes of a boil. Skim it early and often; left alone it re-dissolves and clouds a chintan.
More broth terms
- ichiban dashi · first dashi
- genkotsu · pork femur
- tonkotsu · pork-bone emulsion broth
- chintan · clear broth
- paitan · cloudy emulsion broth
- dashi · Japanese stock
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