Sambia-zu (rice vinegar & soy dipping sauce)

1 cup

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
tablespoon Rice vinegar
tablespoon Niban dashi
4 teaspoons Sugar
2 teaspoons Shoyu
teaspoon Salt
MSG

Directions

Actual yield is ½ cup.

TO PREPARE:

Combine the rice vinegar, niban dashi, sugar, soy sauce and salt in a 1 quart enameled or stainless steel saucepan and sprinkle lightly with MSG. Stirring constantly, bring the sauce to a boil, uncovered, over high heat.

Then immediately remove the pan from the heat and set the sauce aside to cool to room temperature.

TO SERVE:

Save the sambai-zu in tiny individual cups or dishes, as a dipping sauce for Shime saba, Kani kyuri ikomi, or kani sunomono.

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Submitted By SAM WARING On 10-07-94

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