How to Use Dashi Packets: A Japanese Home Cook’s Guide
What Are Dashi Packets? Dashi packets (だしパック, dashi pakku) are small tea-bag-style pouches filled with dried, ground ingredients like bonito flakes, kombu, sardines, and shiitake mushrooms. They look just like tea bags: You simply drop one into boiling water, simmer for a few minutes, and you get authentic Japanese dashi — the savory broth that…