Yakiniku sauce is a sweet & flavorful Japanese BBQ sauce. It's perfect for dipping thinly sliced of well marbled short rib and other grilled goodies.

Yakiniku Sauce

INGREDIENTS

For the Sauce

• 2 Tbsp sake
• 2 Tbsp mirin
• 1 tsp sugar
• ½ tsp rice vinegar
• 3 Tbsp soy sauce
• ½ tsp miso
• ¼ tsp katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes)
• ⅛ apple (I used a fuji apple)
• 2 tsp toasted white sesame seeds

INSTRUCTIONS

Make the Sauce A Day Before

1. Gather all the ingredients. I highly recommend the sauce a day before.

   

2. In a small saucepan, add sake, mirin, sugar, rice vinegar, soy sauce, miso, katsuobushi, and simmer for 1 ½ minute.

3. Strain the sauce. If you plan to preserve the sauce for a longer time, pour the sauce in a mason jar (or airtight container) and do not add grated apple and sesame seeds (next step) yet. It will last longer without a grated apple. Keep refrigerated for up to a month.

4. Add the sesame seeds and grated apple to the sauce. Now it's ready to use. I recommend keeping the sauce sit overnight in the refrigerator for melding all the flavors together.

To Store

1. Store in the refrigerator and use it within 3 days.

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