Shio kombu are thin sheets of
kelp boiled in soy sauce, mirin, and sugar, then
dried and cut into small pieces.
Ingredients For every three quarts of water add: 1 large onion, chopped 2 carrots, sliced 1 cup of daikon or white radish root and tops (ideal, but optional) 1 cup of winter squash cut into large cubes 1 cup of root vegetables: turnips, parsnips, and rutabagas for sweetness 2 cups of chopped greens: kale, parsley, beet greens, collard greens, chard, dandelion, cilantro or other greens 2 celery stalks 1/2 cup of seaweed: nori, dulse, wakame,
kelp, or kombu 1/2 cup of cabbage 4 1/2 - inch slices of fresh ginger 2 cloves of whole garlic (not chopped or crushed) Sea salt, to taste 1 cup fresh or
dried shitake or maitake mushrooms Instructions - Add all the ingredients at once and place on a low
boil for approximately 60 minutes.