The ingredient that’s showing up constantly in online recipes lately
Shio kombu has been everywhere in Korean recipe posts lately, with commenters split between loving its umami and finding it overwhelmingly salty.
Shio kombu
It keeps popping up like everyone’s adding it to everything
So more and more people are buying it out of curiosity too
+) Shio kombu: a Japanese salted-kombu seasoning made by simmering thinly shredded kombu in soy sauce, sugar, salt, and other ingredients, then drying it. Apparently it has a strong umami flavor









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I bought a bulk pack and finished the whole thing, but buy it in small amounts. It’s really vulnerable to moisture. I’d recommend it if you’re a kombu maniac, but otherwise probably not. I am a maniac, so I got a ton of use out of it. It’s seriously versatile
I bought it out of curiosity too, but it didn’t have any especially amazing umami or anything. It was just salty lolllll. I’m satisfied that it scratched the itch, but I don’t think I’ll keep using it
It’s been around for a while lol. I tried it in rice balls, cabbage, and pot rice, and yeah, it tastes good because it has seasoning in it, but it’s nothing mind-blowing