Yum Yum Sauce

This Japanese-American sauce is also known as white sauce, shrimp sauce, hibachi sauce and yummy sauce. It's actually a glorified fry sauce, and it is an American invention, not a Japanese invention. Whatever you call it, it is YUMMY! No Japanese steakhouse meal is complete without it – whether drizzled on grilled chicken, fried rice, noodles, vegetables and as a dipping sauce for shrimp, crab cakes, potstickers and sushi, it’s simply scrumptious!

Yield: 1 1/4 cups

Ingredients

1 cup good-quality mayonnaise
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 tablespoon mirin
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 tablespoon melted butter
Salt and pepper
2 to 3 tablespoons water

Instructions

In a small bowl whisk all ingredients except the water.
Add water as needed to get the desired consistency.

Notes

How to use Yum Yum Sauce

as a dipping sauce for shrimp
drizzled over fried rice and noodles
with grilled chicken, meat and seafood
slathered on hamburger and hot dog buns
with French fries and sweet potato fries
as a dipping sauce for potstickers and wontons
as a vegetable dip
with sushi and rice balls
in pasta salads
in potato salads
as a salad dressing
on baked potatoes