Benihana Yum Yum Sauce Recipe

The ORIGINAL, CORRECT recipe for Benihana’s Yum Yum sauce! Also known as shrimp sauce, Japanese steakhouse white sauce, pink sauce, and hibachi sauce There are as many names as there are recipes online for this elusive sauce! The one thing all other recipes have in common: they’re all wrong! Until today! Today, I’m going to finally reveal to you the authentic, original recipe for Benihana’s most popular condiment. We’ll go over the one missing ingredient. The proper method of preparation. And I’ll even show you a more refined version of the sauce so you can make it at home even better than any teppanyaki restaurant you’ve ever been to! So, up your hibachi at home game with this amazing condiment!!

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Benihana Yum Yum Sauce Recipe Document

Recipe

Ingredients: 

2 tablespoon (28 gram) unsalted butter 

½ cup (105 gram) Hellman’s mayonnaise 

¼ cup (60 ml) heavy whipping cream 

2 teaspoon (12 gram) ketchup 

2 teaspoon (9 gram) white sugar 

¼ teaspoon (1 gram) kosher salt 

¼ teaspoon (½ gram) garlic powder 

2 pinches sweet paprika 

1 pinch coarse ground black pepper 

Directions: 

1. Mix together mayonnaise, whipping cream and ketchup, set aside 
2. Mix together spices, set aside 
3. Melt butter in bowl of double boiler 
4. After butter has melted, add mayonnaise, cream and ketchup mixture and spices to double boiler 
5. Whisk until everything is thoroughly mixed and homogenous 
6. Transfer Yum Yum sauce to container and cool to room temperature, then refrigerate for several hours, or preferably, overnight before serving 

Jason’s Yum Yum sauce 

Ingredients: 

2 tablespoon (28 gram) unsalted butter 

½ cup (115 gram) Kewpie mayonnaise 

¼ cup (60 ml) heavy whipping cream 

2 teaspoon (12 gram) ketchup 

2 teaspoon (9 gram) white sugar 

¼ teaspoon (1 gram) kosher salt 

¼ teaspoon (½ gram) garlic powder 

½ teaspoon (1 gram) dry mustard powder 

¼ teaspoon (½ gram) white pepper 

¼ teaspoon (½ gram) onion powder 

2 pinches sweet paprika 

1 pinch coarse ground black pepper 

Directions: 

1. Mix together mayonnaise, whipping cream and ketchup, set aside 
2. Mix together spices, set aside 
3. Melt butter in bowl of double boiler After butter has melted, add mayonnaise, cream and ketchup mixture and spices to double boiler 
4. Whisk until everything is thoroughly mixed and homogenous 
5. Transfer Yum Yum sauce to container and cool to room temperature, then refrigerate for several hours, or preferably, overnight before serving

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