煮干し
niboshi
にぼし
dried baby sardines
Broth
Dried, boiled-and-dried baby sardines. The fishy, slightly bitter third pillar of dashi; needs a 20-minute simmer to surrender its inosinate. Canonical to the Kitakata style.
More broth terms
- shiitake · dried shiitake
- tori-gara · chicken carcass
- ashi · body
- umami · savory depth
- kokumi · richness depth
- aku · scum
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