The 3 Secret Ingredients Behind Benihana's Crystal-Clear Hibachi Onion Soup
Jason Farmer reveals the exact recipe Benihana uses for their famous hibachi onion soup, including three secret ingredients missing from every other online version — specialty HACO consommé base pastes and soybean oil. He also provides a 95%-accurate grocery store substitute using Campbell's condensed soups, and explains why most copycat recipes fail to achieve the restaurant's signature clarity.
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by Jason Farmer
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🧾 Ingredients
- 1HACO Swiss Chalet chicken flavor base paste
- 2HACO Swiss Chalet beef flavor base paste
- 3Soybean oil
- 4Garlic (whole cloves)
- 5Yellow onion
- 6Carrot
- 7Celery
- 8Water
- 9Kosher salt
- 10Whole peppercorns
- 11White button mushrooms
- 12Green onions (scallions)
- 13French's crispy fried onions
- 14Campbell's condensed beef consommé (grocery store version)
- 15Campbell's condensed chicken broth (grocery store version)
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