Katsuobushi

Also called katsuo bushi, katsuo-bushi and bonito flakes

Katsuobushi is made from fermented, smoked skipjack tuna muscle. It is sold as flakes and used to garnish and season dishes.

Fish
Allergen: fish

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Fish & seafood
Made from: Skipjack tuna
Part used: Muscle
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: Japan
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue

Photo: Sakurai Midori · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use katsuobushi

Typical ways to cook or use it

Garnish
Season

Preparing it

Shave pieces as needed with a plane-like tool.

Shopping

Choosing and storing katsuobushi

Sold as: Flakes

On the table

Dishes made with katsuobushi

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

Takoyaki
Japan

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include katsuobushi.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: katsuobushi in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: Contains: fish
Animal origin: From: fishChecked and not found: egg, meat, dairy, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine: None

Family

Related forms

Made from: skipjack tuna (fermented, smoked)

Around the world

What katsuobushi is called

Names in 35 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Katsuobushi
French
katsuobushi · Hanakatsuo · Kezurikatsuo
Italian
Katsuobushi · Okaka
Portuguese
Katsuobushi
German
Katsuobushi · Bonitoflocken
Dutch
katsuobushi · bonito flakes · bonito-vlokken · katsuo-bushi
Turkish
katsuobuşi
Russian
кацуобуси
Arabic
كاتسوؤبوشي
Hebrew
קצואובושי
Chinese
鰹魚乾 · 鲣节
Japanese
鰹節 · カツオブシ · カツオ節 · かつおぶし

Show all 35 languages

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كاتسوبوشي · كاتسوؤبوشي
Armenian
կացուոբուսի
Cantonese
日式柴魚
Catalan
katsuobushi
Cebuano
Katsuobushi
Czech
kacuobuši
Danish
Katsuobushi
Esperanto
bonitoflokoj
Finnish
Katsuobushi
Hungarian
kacuobusi · bonito pehely
Icelandic
Katsuobushi
Indonesian
Katsuobushi · Ikan kayu
Javanese
Katsuobushi
Korean
가쓰오부시 · 가쯔오부시 · 가츠오부시 · 가다랭이포
Malay
Katsuobushi
Norwegian Bokmål
katsuobushi
Occitan
Katsuobushi
Romanian
katsuobushi
ryu
かちゅーぶし
Simplified Chinese
柴鱼片
Simplified Chinese (China)
木鱼、柴鱼
Simplified Chinese (Singapore)
柴鱼片
Swedish
Katsuobushi · Bonitoflingor
Thai
คะสึโอะบุชิ
Traditional Chinese
柴魚片
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)
柴魚片
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
柴魚
Ukrainian
Кацуобусі
Vietnamese
katsuobushi · cá bào

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q113739

Photos