How to Use bonito in a Sentence

bonito

noun
  • The bonito smelled barely of the ocean, clean and faintly salty.
    — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Spoon the dressing over the spinach and garnish with bonito flakes and sesame seeds.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Snacks include cheese curds — but with bonito flakes and black-garlic aioli.
    — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Most recipes rely on dashi, a rich broth commonly made from bonito flakes or sea kelp.
    — National Geographic, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Fry an egg on the side to top your dish and finish with a final scattering of bonito flakes.
    — Chihiro Tomioka, Bon Appétit, 20 May 2022
  • Each piece of nigiri is sliced to order and brushed with sauces made from bonito flakes, umeboshi, sake, and mirin.
    — Claudia McNeilly, Vogue, 6 July 2017
  • Cue the meaty pork ribs, stacked on a bamboo leaf and glossed with a barbecue sauce flavored with bonito.
    — Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Hinodeya’s base for its house ramen is a dashi broth — light, but packed with flavor from bonito and kombu.
    — Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Add the bonito flakes and set aside, uncovered, for about 15 minutes.
    — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Fresh sea urchin and a delicious fava dip of split peas, bonito, and capers followed it.
    — Jessica Vadillo, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024
  • Catching a bonito that casually — [the author] must have great luck.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The lobster mac arrived cold and in an elegant glass bowl, with billowy bonito flakes and thin strips of crispy nori waving me in.
    — Elyse Inamine, Bon Appétit, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Ludovic Lefebvre grates Salers cheese onto potato pulp with onion soubise and bonito.
    — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 18 July 2017
  • The dish is enhanced with aromatic oils and finished with toppings such as bonito or sardine flakes and garlic chips.
    — Todd Pitock, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
  • Try the house ramen, which includes whole wheat noodles, bonito, kombu, scallop, pork, egg, seaweed and green onions.
    — Christopher Reynolds, latimes.com, 3 May 2018
  • Then add the kombu, bonito and shiitake mushroom, turkey carcass and water.
    — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 27 Nov. 2019
  • They're drizzled in a type of Japanese pancake sauce and mayo and then sprinkled bonito flakes, nori, sesame seeds and beni shoga.
    — Christina Kline, CNN, 13 July 2019
  • Then add the kombu, bonito, and shiitake mushroom, turkey carcass, and water.
    — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The fish boils were off to a hot start with Danny’s dish, a sofrito boil with salsa verde, carrot slaw and a French bean and bonito salad.
    — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2024
  • In all, Wyant caught a hundred and forty-five pounds of fish—Spanish mackerel, tuna, bonito, and mahi-mahi.
    — Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • These speedy little bullets are similar in most ways to their cousins, the bonito, but have a better reputation at the table.
    — Ben Raines | [email protected], AL.com, 24 July 2017
  • From then until September, small bonito del norte (albacore) are fished by line and rod, carted ashore and sold at auction.
    — Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2023
  • That’s where Gregory finds his favorite bonito, while Austin enjoys fishing snapper with squid as bait.
    — Michael Dumas, al.com, 20 July 2019
  • Most of the specimens are flown in whole from Japan; recent models have included amberjack, madai, triple tail and bonito.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Aonori, bright green seaweed with a vegetal briny flavor, and bonito flakes dancing from the rising heat add the final finish, said Virant.
    — Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Special touches include the bonito, which is cured in brandy for a hint of smokiness, and Hokkaido scallop, which is kissed with black truffle salt.
    — Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2023
  • His crispy jeon, a savory seafood pancake, is shot through with strands of scallions, topped with creamy aioli and a generous shaving of bonito flakes that dances as the plate approaches your table.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Dominoes of bonito from Spain’s Atlantic coast were smoked over thyme and sage, then served with pistachios, ponzu, and umbrellas of spicy nasturtium.
    — Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023
  • On the way to the bun, that crust receives one last blast of umami from a brush of tare — a mixture of kombu seaweed, bonito flakes, scallions, ginger, black pepper, garlic, tamari and brown sugar.
    — Ali Bouzari, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018
  • The Cantabrian cannery Don Bocarte may be known for its anchovies, but its bonito del norte (white albacore) is the real sleeper hit.
    — Benjamin Kemper, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2020

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