QING Dried Wakame Seaweed, China, 100 g, for miso soup, wakame salad and sunomono. Single 100 g pack.
This 100 g pack of dried wakame seaweed from China is a handy size for home kitchens and small menus. Wakame is a kelp of the northwest Pacific coasts, valued for its gently sweet flavour and smooth, silky texture, and it is most often eaten in soups and salads. Rehydrate a teaspoon or two in cold water for a few minutes, as it swells considerably, then drop it into miso soup with tofu and spring onion, or mix it with cucumber, rice vinegar and a little sugar for sunomono. It also adds colour to ramen, udon and rice bowls. Do not over-soak, or it becomes slippery. Fold the pack over and clip it after use, and keep it in a dry cupboard away from steam.
