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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.

X양뇸뇸@yangnyomnyom

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Everyone said it was good, so I bought shio kombu in Japan too! But what’s the best way to eat it? Can you eat it as is?

X샅샅이@howto_hug

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Knock knock—is 707 home~?? Even making good ramen is hard for me, but thanks to you I’ve been having fun trying all sorts of things lately, so I wanted to quote this ◜‿◝ I happened to have shio kombu, so I started with daikon, then added shiitake mushrooms, and next time added fish cake too. It tastes exactly like winter♡ Thanks for the meal! 🙏🏻

X다인의 편의점이것저것_채다인@totheno1

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A quick homemade shio kombu tuna-mayo rice ball Just toss the ingredients into the rice and mix it all together, and you’re done!!! It’s delicious, like an upgraded tuna-mayo, so give it a try if you have the ingredients at home 😉😉😉

XYENA@yena_jang_

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Try this when eating diet meals is about to make you genuinely lose it Shio kombu-cured egg yolk It’s ridiculously easy to make too Put an egg yolk in a food container → cover it with shio kombu, and that’s it Leave it in the fridge for a day and it turns jelly-like Put it on rice and drizzle on a little sesame oil: absolute heaven I’ll post some other easy recipes using shio kombu in the thread too

X먹고 다녀요(당분간 후쿠오카✈️)@mukgodanyeoyo

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For a home-cooked meal, I browned chicken thigh in butter, made shio kombu crispy rice, and nom 😋😋😋 So good, seriously so good👏👏👏

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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AnonymousTheQoo

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

AnonymousTheQoo

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

AnonymousTheQoo

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