Hana Katsuo (bonito flakes) from our very own Forest Grove! Yamaki is a 100+ year old highly esteemed katsuobushi company based in Ehime, Japan, and they recently opened up a facility in Forest Grove, Oregon.

Hanakatsuo (this style of katsuobushi) is skipjack tuna that's been dried, smoked, and then shaved for easy use. Katsuobushi is a staple in Japanese cooking, especially when it comes to making dashi. Dashi is a broth (more like a tea) made from dried fish, konbu seaweed, shiitake mushrooms or any combination of these. My favorite and go-to dashi is katsuobushi and konbu. Besides dashi, katsuobushi is delicious as a garnish, sprinkled on top of sauteed veggies (especially spinach!), tofu, udon, or you can mix it with shoyu to make okaka to eat with rice.

Yamaki is committed to bringing quality katsuobushi to the US market, and we're all about it!

 2.82 oz/80g (Yes, it's a large bag, but it goes quick if you make dashi (which you should): I use about 0.33 oz per 4 cups of dashi. Also it keeps practically forever)

Gluten-free, Soy-free. Pescatarian.