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yum yum sauce

Course Dips & Sauces, Sauces & Gravy
Cuisine Japanese
Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 1 cup sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tbs butter
  • 1 tsp tomato paste
  • 1 tsp sugar or agave
  • 1 tsp all-purpose flour spice mix (garlic powder, paprika, etc.)
  • salt to taste
  • 2 tbs water

Instructions

  • Whisk all ingredients together until smooth. That’s it. You’re done. Rock on.

Notes

yum yum sauce

Yum Yum Sauce is a) the best name ever, and b) what is often served at Japanese hibachi restaurants, and also, as I found out last weekend, at fun hipster restaurants with ethnic fusion food. How amazing is it that the GIVEN NAME of this sauce is Yum Yum Sauce? I did not make that up, friends. Yum Yum Sauce. It’s like it just waiting for me to find it.
I like to leave the water for last so I can control the thickness (sometimes I want it to be more runny to drizzle on things, and sometimes I want it more thick for more of a dip). For the spice mix, I usually just have something on hand that is a generic grill seasoning or chicken seasoning or something, and that works just fine. If you don’t have a mix on hand, start with a little garlic powder and then add paprika or cayenne to taste.