Yum Yum Sauce Recipe

Course: Condiment

Cuisine: Japanese

Keyword: hibachi sauce, japanese shrimp sauce, pink sauce, Yum yum sauce

Prep Time: 10

Refrigeration Time: 12

Total Time: 10

Servings:

Calories: 578kcal

Author: Chef Jessica Formicola

Yum Yum Sauce is an easy sauce for seafood and vegetables. Now you can make your favorite pink sauce at home!

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Equipment

Ingredients

2 cups mayonnaise
¼ cup water
3 tablespoons sugar (less if you use ketchup)
2 tablespoons tomato paste (or ketchup)*
2 tablespoons butter , melted
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon smoked paprika
2 teaspoons onion powder
Hot sauce , cayenne, dried red pepper flakes, optional

Instructions

Combine the 2 cups mayonnaise, ¼ cup water, 3 tablespoons sugar (less if you use ketchup), 2 tablespoons tomato paste (or ketchup)*, melted 2 tablespoons butter1 tablespoon garlic powder, 1 tablespoon smoked paprika, 2 teaspoons onion powder and dab of Hot sauce, if using, in a small food processor. Blend well.
For best results, allow sauce to chill and flavors to marry for at least 1 hour.
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Notes

Yum Yum Sauce taste and ingredients changes from restaurant to restaurant. Some are pink, others white, some sweet and others spicy. Feel free to modify this recipe so it tastes like YOUR yum yum sauce.

Use bottled ketchup or our homemade ketchup recipe!

Make Ahead: Please, please make this ahead of time! The flavors will be so much better if they have time to sit and mingle with each other. You can make it and eat it right away, but it won't have the same impact. Store in an airtight container or a an airtight jar.

Leftovers: Store leftover sauce, covered, in the fridge for up to a week. Give it a good stir before using.

Freezing: I do not recommend freezing any mayonnaise based sauces. But I've also never heard of anyone having leftovers... even when they made a double batch!

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