Yum Yum Sauce | Hibachi Sauce

Hi foodies, if you've ever been out for dinner for hibachi or teppanyaki where they do that table side cooking service, then most likely you've had yum yum sauce. Usually when they make the food they give you a garlic sauce or yum yum sauce or some other sauce. Well we're going to make some yum yum sauce today. So of course yum yum sauce is a mayonnaise based creamy sauce and the flavor might be slightly different depending on which teppanyaki or hibachi restaurant that you go to. But it's usually made with mayonnaise either regular mayonnaise or Japanese mayonnaise and it's actually very very simple but it's so flavorful. So I'm adding here some mayonnaise and then some garlic powder then some onion powder. I'm adding some white sugar as well and some paprika. So use regular paprika not smoked paprika. The regular one is perfectly fine and then I'll add some Chinese cooking wine, some rice vinegar and some apple cider vinegar. All right so this sauce is kind of tangy and sweet and then some ketchup. Some restaurants use tomato paste but you can use ketchup and some melted butter. So whisk all of this thoroughly but what I'm going to ask you to do of course is to give it a taste. It's a really delicious guys like this could be used on top of sushi rolls. It's good on burgers, sandwiches with fries, several stuff. So what I like to do is add a little cayenne pepper. So what you can do is add a little bit and whisk and taste and then if you like a little heat you can add some more cayenne pepper but that's it. Now with the yum yum sauce it's best when you rest it overnight in the fridge so that's the consistency and then we're gonna wrap this up and put it in the fridge after we add a little salt. I like to add a little salt just to balance out everything but it's just a tiny bit. Don't go overboard because this is supposed to be sweet and tangy not salty. So just add a little bit okay and then you can whisk it again and then we'll wrap this up and put it in the fridge overnight because what happens is when it sits overnight the flavor gets a little more intense and the texture gets even more perfect. So guys this has been sitting overnight and as you can see the texture it's a little more rich. It's really creamy and the flavor has really developed. It's so yummy like there's so many things you could have this with but I made this for hibachi that I did at home. So I have my steak and my veggies and fried rice and then of course just like we do at the restaurant you know they give you the yum yum sauce on the side and you can dip your steak in it. It is absolutely delicious. Definitely give it a try and I will be uploading my home style hibachi video tomorrow so you'll get to use your yum yum sauce for that. This is really nice guys. Give it a try and let me know what you think.