Clear Soup with Wakame

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Clear Soup with Wakame

Clear Soup with Wakame is a traditional Japanese recipe for a classic soup with wakame seaweed made in dashi stock flavoured with sake and soy sauce. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Japanese version of: Clear Soup with Wakame.

prep time

15 minutes

cook time

5 minutes

Total Time:

20 minutes

Serves:

Rating:

Tags : Wild Food Sauce Recipes Japan Recipes

Ingredients:

1 20cm length of dried wakme (or dried Atlantic wakame (dabberlocks))
1l Dashi stock (either Simple Dashi or Shiitake Dashi
1 tbsp sake (or rice wine or dry sherry)
2 tsp light soy sauce

Method:

Place the wakame in a bowl and soak in cold water for 10 minutes. In the meantime, add the dashi to a large pan and slowly bring to a boil. Add the sake and soy sauce to the dashi stock.

When soaked, drain the wakame and wash thoroughly then cut into 2cm lengths. Add the wakame to the dashi stock and simmer for 1 minute only. Immediately ladle into warmed soup bowls and serve.