Recipes

Japanese Noodle Sauce Base (Kaeshi)

February 17, 2016

Soy Sauce and Mirin — Essential ingredients for KaeshiMatt Taylor-Gross

This salty–sweet sauce from Sonoko Sakai, most notably eaten with soba noodles, is a building block of flavor in various sauces used throughout Japan.

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This salty–sweet sauce is a building block of flavor in various sauces used throughout Japan, most notably eaten with soba noodles.

Yield: makes 1 1/4 cups

Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup soy sauce
2 ¹⁄₂ tbsp. mirin
2 ¹⁄₂ tbsp. sugar

Instructions

In a small saucepan, combine soy sauce, mirin, and sugar. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook until the sugar dissolves, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and let the sauce cool completely. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 months.