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Setting the record straight about Umami & MSG 🔥
Born from Seaweed 🪸
Made from plants 🌱
The Pinch with Punch 🤜

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Make your own Kewpie Mayo ✨✨✨ by @honestumami

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Caper Butter Pasta🍝🍝🍝

INGREDIENTS
* 200g spaghetti or linguine
* 60g butter
* 2 tbsp capers
* 1 garlic clove
* ½ lemon, zest and juice
* Parmesan, finely grated
* Chilli flakes
* Chilli MSG
* Fresh parsley

METHOD

1. Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a frying pan and fry the capers until crispy.
2. Cook your pasta in well-salted water, reserving a mug of pasta water before draining.
3. Add garlic, chilli flakes, lemon and lots of butter to the capers and cook on a medium heat.
4. Add pasta, Parmesan and pasta water and emulsify into a sauce.

Enjoy! 🍋🧈 by @honestumami

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3 days ago

Shiitake Mushroom Orzo 🍄‍🟫 by @honestumami

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10 days ago

Whole Roasted Cauliflower, Tahini Yogurt 😋 by @honestumami

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17 days ago

Four dishes, one secret ingredient ✨✨

MSG brings that savoury, umami flavour. Think of it as another seasoning in your kitchen, alongside salt, pepper and all the good stuff.

Swipe through for a few of our favourite ways to use it 👀 by @honestumami

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25 days ago

Korean-Inspired Crispy Pork Belly Rice Bowl 🥢🌶️

Ingredients ~

* 1 strip pork belly
* 1 tbsp salt
* Honest Umami Pure MSG
* 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
* 2 tbsp gochujang paste
* 1 tbsp gochujang hot honey
* 1 tbsp sesame oil
* 1 tbsp soy sauce

- Score the pork belly skin, then rub the skin with the salt, MSG and rice wine vinegar. -Mix together the gochujang, hot honey, sesame oil, soy sauce and MSG, then rub generously all over the meat.
- Leave uncovered in the fridge for at least 1 hour to help dry out the skin.
- Cook at 160°C for around 2½ hours. Then turn the oven up to 240°C for 15–20 minutes to get the skin super crisp. - Drizzle lots more gochujang hot honey all over the crispy pork belly while it’s hot, giving you that spicy, sticky finish.

🥒 Cucumber Kimchi Salad

* 1 cucumber, finely sliced
* 2 spring onions, finely sliced
* A handful of kimchi, chopped
* Juice of 1 lime
* 1 tsp Honest Umami Pure MSG
* 1 tbsp soy sauce
* 1 tbsp sesame oil

- Mix everything together and leave to sit while the pork cooks.

- Slice the pork and serve over steamed rice with the cucumber kimchi salad. Finish with nori seaweed, sliced spring onion and sesame seeds by @honestumami

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a month ago

Seared tuna with romesco sauce 🌶️🐟

A little MSG magic for that extra umami hit 🤌🏼 by @honestumami

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a month ago

CRISPY TAHINI CHICKEN SALAD 🥒✨

Crispy shredded chicken, crunchy veg and crispy-chewy rice, all tossed in a creamy tahini, lime & chilli MSG dressing. SO good!

Ingredients:
Salad~

* 1 cucumber, finely sliced
* 1 carrot, finely sliced
* Coriander
* Spring onion
* 2 chicken breasts
* 1 packet cooked rice
* Soy sauce
* Sesame oil

Tahini dressing~

* 2 tbsp tahini
* 1 tbsp water
* Pinch of chilli
* Pinch of MSG
* Juice of 1 lime
* 1 tsp maple syrup

Method~

- Poach the chicken breasts until cooked through, then shred.

- Heat a little oil in a pan and fry the shredded chicken until golden and crispy.

- Meanwhile, cook the packet rice then spread onto a baking tray, breaking it up slightly but leaving some bigger clumpy pieces. Drizzle generously with soy sauce and sesame oil, then bake until crispy.

- Finely slice the cucumber and carrot and chop the coriander and spring onion.

- For the dressing, simply mix together the tahini, water, chilli, MSG, lime juice and maple syrup until smooth.

- Tods everything together: crispy chicken, crispy rice, vegetables, coriander and spring onion. Then pour over the tahini dressing, mix well and enjoy! by @honestumami

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a month ago

Spanish Tortilla de Patatas with Garlic Aioli & our Chilli MSG 🇪🇸🥔

Crispy golden potatoes with sweet caramelised onion. Finished with homemade aioli and plenty of good olive oil. Simple but SO good!

Ingredients:

* 3 white potatoes, thinly sliced
* 1 white onion, thinly sliced
* Olive oil, for cooking
* 5 eggs
* 1 tsp salt
* Pepper
* 3-2-1 MSG blend Homemade Aioli -
* 1 egg
* 1 garlic clove
* Juice of 1 lemon
* Vegetable oil, as needed
* Salt, to taste

-Start by thinly slicing the potatoes and gently confit them in olive oil until golden. Season with salt.

- Meanwhile, slowly caramelise the sliced onion in olive oil until golden and soft. Add a little 3-2-1 MSG, the sugar here really helps to bring out that natural sweetness.

- Add the egg, garlic and lemon juice to a blender and slowly drizzle in the vegetable oil while blending until emulsified.

- Crack the 5 eggs into a bowl and gently mix in the caramelised onions and confit potatoes. Season with our salt and pepper MSG.

- Heat a generous amount of olive oil in a pan and add the tortilla mixture. Cook until golden on the bottom, then carefully flip and cook the other side until golden while keeping the centre soft and slightly runny.

- Slide onto a plate, top with fresh chives, a spoonful of aioli and a generous drizzle of really good quality extra virgin olive oil! by @honestumami

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2 months ago

Buttery Anchovy, Garlic & Chilli Linguine 🌶️🍝

I promise, once you make this, you’ll become an anchovy lover 🤌🏻

Ingredients:
* 200g linguine
* 5 anchovy fillets
* 2 garlic cloves
* 1 fresh red chilli
* 1 tsp MSG
* 30g butter
* 2-3 slices of bread
* 1–2 tbsp olive oil
* Salt

Method:

1. Make the breadcrumbs ~ Blitz the bread into crumbs. Toss with olive oil, salt and MSG, then fry in a pan over medium heat until golden and crispy
2. Gently cook anchovies until melted
3. Add the garlic, chilli and MSG and cook until fragrant and sizzling
4. Add the butter and a splash of pasta water, emulsifying into a sauce
5. Add the linguine and keep tossing, adding more pasta water until glossy and consistency you want
6. Finish with lots of crispy breadcrumbs! by @honestumami

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2 months ago

Such a lovely day tasting tomatoes (with a little MSG magic 👀🍅) at @hackandveldt !

It was so lovely meeting everyone and showing just how much of a difference a little MSG can make. If you’re in the area, definitely pop in and check us out 🤍 by @honestumami

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2 months ago

Fillet Steak with Vibrant Green Garlic Butter 🥩🧄

Ingredients:

* 1 handful parsley
* 1 handful chives
* 1 handful basil
* 400g spinach
* 3 garlic cloves
* 250g softened butter
* Salt
* Fillet steak
* Salt & pepper MSG blend

Method:

- Season the steak generously with the salt & pepper MSG blend.
- Get a pan smoking hot and sear the steak until you have a deep golden crust on all sides. Add butter and garlic, then baste the steak generously!
- ⁠Remove from the pan and leave to rest while you make the green garlic butter.
- Blanch the parsley, chives, basil and spinach briefly in boiling water, then immediately transfer to ice-cold water. This locks in that vibrant green colour.
- Squeeze out as much excess water as possible, then blend the herbs and spinach into a smooth puree.
- Finely grate the garlic and add it to the softened butter. Whip in a stand mixer until light and fluffy.
- Gradually add the green puree while continuing to whip, allowing it to emulsify into the butter until you have a smooth, bright green garlic butter.
- Slice the rested steak and plate up with a big blob of the green garlic butter right in the centre. Let it melt over the warm steak, finish with a little flaky salt and dig in! by @honestumami

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