Savory kombu seaweed is a main ingredient in making dashi, the broth at the core of Japanese cooking, and a small handful of the marine greens in a pot of beans can help texturize the legumes. But, unlike the veggie scraps and aromatics simmered to make a standard stock, kombu isn’t spent once it’s lent its mushroom-y umami to those flavor bases.
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