Muso From Japan - Umami Broth Dashi Powder, Vegan - 1.4oz, 4 Sachets (Pack of 1)

I used to live near a Japanese restaurant that made the most delicious katsu don dish with shiitake mushrooms and onions in the world's most delicious sauce. I've since moved and have not found another restaurant that makes it with this type of sauce. I recently saw on Instagram a guy making katsu don but in his recipe he used vegetable stock and everyone in the comments was saying "omg no, you HAVE to use dashi for katsu don". I had never considered trying to make the dish myself cause I figured the sauce was way too complex for me to recreate, but this gave me some hope. I ordered this dashi and some dehydrated shiitake mushrooms off Amazon and my life is changed forever. When I tell you the sauce is EXACT I mean it. For the sauce I did 1 packet of dashi mixed in 2 cups of hot water, then 5 tbsp of mirin (I don't have sake so just did a little more), 4 tbsp of soy sauce and 4 tbsp of sugar. I then let the mushrooms and rehydrated shiitake mushrooms simmer in this for a while, maybe 20ish minutes or until the mushrooms have fully soaked in the flavor of the sauce. Then added a couple whisked eggs and let those cook for a few min until the yokes look done. WOW, I was blown away. My girlfriend was nearly in tears because it's been so long since we had a good katsu don with this sauce. I can't believe all this time it was so easy to make and I'm so happy I can now recreate one of my favorite restaurant dishes myself!

I made miso soup using this umami broth powder, and I’m not gonna lie—the moment I added it to the water, the aroma was incredible, and the taste was even better. I used 2 packets in 4 liters of water. The package has 4 packs in it. 1/2 of each pack is good for 1 cup of water.

Pricey, but worth the price. Really rocks my ramen and udon noodles.

I taste the hint of it all

It worked for what it wasn't intended for

We just enjoyed our first flavorful and delicious soy-free miso soup, using this dashi base and chickpea miso from South River Miso. This dashi does NOT contain MSG (monosodium glutamate) and does NOT contain soy. It is very flavorful and a new favorite in our house. I highly recommend! I wanted to provide confirmation on the quantities as described in the listing. I bought the 1.4oz, pack of 6 [in fact, I bought one in each flavor]. I received a box with 6 small boxes. The small box is 1.4 oz total and makes 8 cups of dashi (4 envelopes, 2 cups each). This comes to about 65 cents the cup of broth.

Smells fishy to me Doesn't enhance flavor when I used it. Threw out remaining product. Your taste may be different.

I buy this all the time, it's one of my favorite items. I have allergies and this brand is very transparent with it's ingredients and I've had zero issues with it.