Japanese White Sauce Recipe
Last Updated on February 17, 2021 by Janell
Enjoy this Japanese white sauce recipe (also known as Yum Yum sauce) with your favorite food. It comes together in about 5 minutes but tastes best when you let it sit overnight! It's just like the sauces you find at Benihana Restaurants™. Go ahead, put it on everything - my dad even likes to dip pretzels in it!
Have you ever been to a Japanese restaurant where they cook the food in front of you? I know when I go there I ask them for a double order of the white sauce they put on the table. It's so good with steak, chicken, and shrimp!
It's so good my kids will eat anything that I pour it on! We love to add it to a lot of Chinese recipes too like beef and broccoli and or my Easy Chicken Fried Rice Recipe.
I really like hibachi restaurants but they are usually a little out of our price range when the whole family goes out to eat. So a homemade Japanese hibachi dinner is the best substitution!
What is Japanese White Sauce?
It is also called Yum Yum sauce. this dipping sauce is usually found in Japanese hibachi steakhouses. It takes about five minutes to prepare and its main ingredient is mayonnaise. I usually use Duke's or Hellmann's and mayonnaise.
Japanese White Sauce Recipe (Yum Yum Sauce)
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 1-¼ cup real mayonnaise (You HAVE to use real mayonnaise)
- ¼ cup water
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon tomato paste
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
Instructions:
- Using a fork or a whisk, blend all ingredients together thoroughly until well mixed and the sauce is smooth.
- You can enjoy right away or refrigerate overnight to allow flavors to blend.
Japanese White Sauce Recipe
Enjoy this Japanese white sauce recipe (also known as Yum Yum sauce) that tastes just like the restaurant. It comes together in about 5 minutes but tastes best when you let it sit overnight!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 1-¼ cup real mayonnaise (You HAVE to use real mayonnaise)
- ¼ cup water
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon tomato paste
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
Instructions
- Using a fork or a whisk, blend all ingredients together thoroughly until well mixed and the sauce is smooth.
- You can enjoy right away or refrigerate overnight to allow flavors to blend.
Then I chopped up and cooked chicken and steak with the oils, butter, and soy sauce. I let the chicken cook for a few minutes and moved it to the side of the pan then I added the steak and cooked them together but kept them separated in the pan.
I made a plate and drizzled this Japanese White Sauce all over it and it was amazing!! My kids ate a ton of it - even the veggies. And we even had some leftovers!
What are some of your favorite ways to enjoy Yum Yum sauce?
I love stuff like this that I can make easily at home. Sounds super tasty!
We've actually bought these a bunch of times and they're delicious. Will have to try the white dipping sauce next time!
I have copied your dipping recipe and plan on trying the egg rolls - thank you! Love your sharing 🙂
Yum. That looks great. I love egg rolls and I've never had them with sauce besides plum. I should give this a try!
Yum, these look so good!
Wow - that sauce has me salivating! That looks like the perfect lazy Saturday snack. Thank you!
I love, love, love eggrolls. So does my Hubs. That dipping sauce sounds good too.
I love Tai Pei eggrolls! This dipping sauce sounds great too.
Ooo, I haven't had egg rolls in a while! And that sauce looks YUMMY!
I am an egg roll junkie. I love them. I have never tried these before, I'm going to pick some up.
That sounds super tasty! I usually use the sweet & sour sauce for my eggrolls 😛
Yum!!! I want to try these, they look delicious!
Yum! I cannot wait to try this recipe!
I just love me some egg rolls! I want to try making this the next time we have Asian cuisine night! =)
Yes, I love Tai Pei from the freezer section, I will have to try your sauce. I always forget to buy dipping sauce and quickly prepare something not so good.
Can't wait to try that sauce! Already pinned. 🙂 Hope you have a fabulous New Year's Eve!! #client
You will love it! Have A Great New Year too!
Thank you for the dipping sauce recipe! These sound delicious.. can't wait to pick some up to try. I'm usually disappointed in the store bought frozen department foods, but these actually look pretty good. I hope you are all right and they are good!
Now I am Starving !!!Gotta try this .TY
Hubby loves Spring Rolls, I will have to try this dipping sauce! Thanks for the recipe.
I would have had no clue that it had tomato paste in it- and would have fumbled around figuring that one out. I have some egg rolls in the freezer and will for sure be giving this a try . It looks terrific and I bet tastes even better.
Sounds extremely yummy!
These look so delicious my family would love them to eat! I like the sauce recipe you made it looks really good. Have to give them a try next time I run to Walmart and shop for these items.
These look so good. The problem with them when we go out is that my husband can't stand onions, so even though he loves these, he can never eat them when we were out. Now I feel more confident I can make them at home. Thanks for the recipe. Those sauces look great!