Yum Yum Sauce is so easy to make and just as good as your favorite Japanese hibachi restaurant! You’ll love this tangy, savory, sweet sauce on any meat!
YUM YUM SAUCE! To go along with our Hibachi Chicken post from earlier this week of course! We can’t have hibachi without this stuff, it is so good! This sauce is made with super simple ingredients and you probably have most all of them in your pantry! It took several tries and experimenting, but I am happy to say this tastes just as good as the restaurant! Yum Yum Sauce is made of mayonnaise, ketchup, vinegar, garlic, sugar, paprika and water to thin the sauce out. That’s it! It’s really just a matter of the right ratios of ingredients to get the flavor you want! You could easily also serve this over London Broil or any chicken at all like Baked Chicken Breast or even Crispy Baked Chicken Thighs!
This might be the shortest post I’ve ever made on this blog! But, the recipe is really self explanatory. You’ll just grab a bowl, or a jar and whisk everything together! As far as vinegar goes, I like rice vinegar best so use it if you can. If not, apple cider vinegar will absolutely do just fine. I like to thin our sauce out quite a bit and typically use about 3 Tablespoons of water. I do this so we can drizzle it over the meat. You can also keep it thicker and use it as more of a dipping sauce. Once everything is mixed up, it really is best to let this sauce chill for several hours to let the flavors combine. I’d say at least an hour, and really up to 24 if you can. Yum yum sauce can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.
Enjoy!
~Nichole
Yum Yum Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Mayonnaise
- 2 Tablespoons Ketchup
- 1 Tablespoon Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 Tablespoon Paprika
- 2 teaspoons Rice Vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons Garlic Powder
- 1-4 Tablespoons Water as needed
Instructions
- Whisk all ingredients together in a medium bowl until smooth, using only 1 Tablespoon of water to start, and adding more as needed for desired consistency.
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving for best flavor.
- Store leftover sauce in a tightly sealed container or jar for up to 5 days.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
My niece and her husband run a sushi restaurant and yum yum sauce is so awesome but I never wanted to ask for the recipe but now I have yours! Thanks so much!
If there was the perfect name for the perfect sauce, it would be it: yum yum sauce! 🙂 Love the name, love how the sauce looks, and how easy it sounds. Definitely giving it a try over the weekend – can’t wait!
Love a good sauce recipe. This is perfect for grain bowls!
Such an easy and a versatile sauce. Your images are so tempting and love your recipes.
This is perfectly tangy! Love that we can keep it up for 5 days in the fridge as well. Perfect accompaniment for any marinated meat.
Oh wow! This is absolutely delicious! Your Yum Yum Sauce looks really tasty and that tangy, savory, sweet flavor are perfect for my meat.
I love dipping fries in yum yum sauce. I usually just grab a prepacked kind, but this recipe seems so easy. I gotta try it!
Love this recipe!! I cant beleive this is from scratch. Its So easy n takes just mins to make n Soo delicious!! Hubby loved it ,which is a plus. I made your Hibatchi chicken recipe (which was fantastic too) drizzled this on top n Wowzer! Amazing…Thank You for these recipes.:)
Made this sauce this afternoon and had it on my burger for dinner it was definitely yum-yum sauce thanks for the recipe
Thanks for sharing.I will try this.