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Tempura Dipping Sauce (Tentsuyu)
Tentsuyu is a delicious sauce made especially for dipping tempura. It's light yet packed with umami. Learn how to make your own tentsuyu at home with just 3 simple ingredients!
- Prep time
- 8 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 100 ml dashi stock
- 4 tsp mirin
- 4 tsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu)
- grated daikon radish (daikon oroshi)
- grated ginger root
- spicy grated daikon radish (momiji oroshi)
Instructions
- 1
Add 100 ml dashi stock, 4 tsp mirin and 4 tsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu) to a small saucepan and turn on the heat to medium/high. Bring to boil and allow the sauce to bubble for 1-2 mins to burn off the alcohol in the mirin.
- 2
Remove the pan from the heat and leave to cool. Once cool to the touch, transfer to a sealable container and refrigerate until it's time to serve.
- 3
Serve in individual dipping bowls and add grated daikon, ginger or momiji oroshi to taste.
- 4
Enjoy with light and crispy tempura!