Benihana Yum Yum Sauce – THE CORRECT RECIPE! (Hibachi At Home)
The ORIGINAL, CORRECT recipe for Benihana’s Yum Yum sauce! Also known as shrimp sauce, Japanese steakhouse white sauce, pink sauce, 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! In this video, 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!! (Recipe below!)
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Recipe:
Benihana Yum Yum sauce
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:
Mix together mayonnaise, whipping cream and ketchup, set aside
Mix together spices, set aside
Melt butter in bowl of double boiler
After butter has melted, add mayonnaise, cream and ketchup mixture and spices to double boiler
Whisk until everything is thoroughly mixed and homogenous
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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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:
Mix together mayonnaise, whipping cream and ketchup, set aside
Mix together spices, set aside
Melt butter in bowl of double boiler
After butter has melted, add mayonnaise, cream and ketchup mixture and spices to double boiler
Whisk until everything is thoroughly mixed and homogenous
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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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Secret Ingredients & Proper Method of Preparation
1:28 Benihana Recipe
3:29 Jason’s Recipe
5:12 Thanks!
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