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Tempura Sauce (Tentsuyu)
This five-ingredient easy and authentic Japanese tempura sauce is salty, sweet and packed with umami flavors that only takes 5 minutes to make!
- Prep time
- 1 min
- Cook time
- 4 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- EASY
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 teaspoon dashi powder
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup mirin
- 1 tablespoon sugar
Instructions
- 1
Make dashi stock. In a small saucepan, mix together the dashi powder and water over medium heat.
- 2
Add remaining ingredients. Once the dashi stock reaches a simmer, add the soy sauce, mirin, and sugar. Simmer for 3 minutes to burn off the alcohol in the mirin.
- 3
Serve. Remove from the heat and serve with your favorite tempura.