Description

Highlights

• Deep umami flavor
• Salty and sweet
• Keystone to Japanese cooking
• Versatile

• Shio konbu (salted kelp) is an essential part of Japanese cuisine and is found in almost every home in Japan. To make shio konbu, strips of kelp known as konbu are boiled in traditional Japanese flavors to soften them and draw out their umami flavor, before being cut into bite sized pieces.