Umami recipes

Find out about the fifth taste: umami and learn which are best umami foods and ingredients with this amazing, savory flavour.

Discover what umami is, why it's the fifth basic taste, and how to use it in your cooking to create more flavorful and balanced dishes.

Here’s a really easy and comforting Easy One-Pot Vegan Spicy Miso Ramen with a rich and umami-packed silky broth.

Your complete guide to what umami and MSG are, how MSG got its bad rap, its safety and how to use it.

In this vegan Umami Seasoning blend, ground mushrooms are combined with spices for a rich, flavorful seasoning to use in tons of recipes!

The fifth taste, known as umami, comes from the amino acid glutamic acid and can be used to turn typical recipes into something savory and delicious.

You may not have heard of umami, but it is actually one of the tastes that our tongues recognize, along with bitter, sour, sweet and salty. We love umami, which is a Japanese word meaning “savory,” even if we don’t know what it’s called. It is the oomph of flavor that comes from foods packed with protein.

This 1-Pot Gochujang Pasta is creamy, spicy, and SO saucy! It's made with 8 ingredients and is ready in 20 minutes! It has the perfect balance between spicy, sweet, salty, and umami. This recipe is great for weeknight dinners because it requires minimal effort.

NMT Umami Steak Seasoning recipe using the flavor enhancing power of dried mushrooms.

A comforting Miso Udon Noodle Soup with a rich broth topped with Teriyaki Mushrooms. The broth is packed with umami and gets a nice richness from the mix of soy milk, miso, mushroom broth, and some vegan butter. Serve this with other toppings of choice. I finished my bowl with Japanese chili oil or layu for an extra kick of heat. This recipe can be easily cooked in one pot by preparing the noodles and toppings before cooking down the broth.