Noodle Dipping Sauce

• 2 1/2 cups dashi or light chicken stock
• 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
• 4 tablespoons mirin
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 ounce dried bonito flakes
• Cooked, cold soba noodles
• Thinly sliced scallions
• Grated daikon
• Quail eggs
• Natto (optional)

1. Combine the dashi, soy sauce, mirin, and sugar in a saucepan and bring just to a boil.
2. Stir in the bonito flakes and immediately remove from the heat.
3. Wait about 10 seconds for the flakes to get thoroughly soaked, and then strain.
4. Let liquid cool to room temperature.
5. Serve with cold soba noodles for dipping, along with scallions, grated daikon, quail eggs and natto if you have a taste for it.

chicken, soy sauce, mirin, sugar, bonito flakes, noodles, scallions, daikon, eggs

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/noodle-dipping-sauce-recipe.html (may not work)