お出だし

noun

dashi; Japanese soup stock

Polite form of 出し (dashi), used especially in food contexts. Refers to the fundamental Japanese stock made from kombu (kelp) and katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes).

See also: 出し

• お味み噌そ汁しるはお出だしが決きめ手てです。

  The key to miso soup is the dashi stock.

• 料りょう理りの先せん生せいが「まずはお出だしをとりましょう」と言いった。

  The cooking teacher said, 'First, let's make the dashi stock.'