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10 Popular Japanese Sauces Anyone Can Make at Home

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Here are the easy and popular Japanese sauces that go well with everything! From the citrusy ponzu sauce to yakiniku BBQ sauce to all-purpose miso, each of them is going to make your dishes more delicious, and your life more flavorful.

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Homemade sauces are the secret to delicious Japanese foods at home. In our opinion, a truly good sauce is not only versatile but also requires only a few pantry ingredients.

These Japanese sauces will be in your rotation. You can use them as dressings, dipping sauces, marinades for proteins, flavor your steamed vegetables, and so much more. Learn how to make them all!

Easy and Popular Japanese Sauces For Flavorful Meals

1. Ponzu Sauce

A Japanese ceramic containing Homemade Ponzu Sauce. It's on a tray along with all the ingredients used for the sauce.A Japanese ceramic containing Homemade Ponzu Sauce. It's on a tray along with all the ingredients used for the sauce.
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Bright, savory, and tangy, ponzu sauce is a very versatile Japanese condiment that goes with everything! The citrus aroma is especially refreshing. Use it as a dipping sauce, marinades, or dressing over salads, noodles, or rice bowls!

2. Teriyaki Sauce

Three dishes with Teriyaki Salmon, Teriyaki Chicken, Teriyaki Tofu.Three dishes with Teriyaki Salmon, Teriyaki Chicken, Teriyaki Tofu.
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This authentic Japanese method makes teriyaki sauce easy for everyone. Only four ingredients are needed. It will be your keeper sauce for chicken, salmon, beef, tofu, or even meatballs!

3. All-Purpose Miso Sauce

A glass jar containing homemade all purpose miso sauce.A glass jar containing homemade all purpose miso sauce.
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This all-purpose miso sauce adds delicious depth and complexity to everything it touches. It’s great on chicken, seafood, vegetables, and pretty much everything! little depth or complexity.

4. Tonkatsu Sauce

A Bull-Dog Vegetable Fruit Sauce (Tonkatsu Sauce) and homemade tonkatsu sauce in a mason jar.A Bull-Dog Vegetable Fruit Sauce (Tonkatsu Sauce) and homemade tonkatsu sauce in a mason jar.
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If you make Japanese deep-fried dishes such as tonkatsu cutlet, chicken katsu, korokke, and ebi fry at home regularly, you will want to serve them with this quick and easy Tonkatsu Sauce. Only 4 pantry ingredients are needed!

5. Teppanyaki Sauce

Teppanyaki at home.Teppanyaki at home.
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Sweet, savory, and flavorful, teppanyaki sauce is a Japanese BBQ sauce that complements grilled short ribs, vegetables, and other grilled goodies.

6. Unagi Sauce

Unagi sauce in a glass bottle.Unagi sauce in a glass bottle.
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Don’t let the name stop you from making this golden brown sauce! It’s not just for unagi eel, but a multitude of BBQ dishes. The richness and caramelized flavor can transform any bland dish. It’s seriously good on smoked ribs, grilled fish, grilled tofu, grilled mushrooms, and grilled rice ball (yaki onigiri).

7. Okonomiyaki Sauce

A black plate containing Hiroshima-style OKonomiyaki topped with the savory sauce and Japanese mayo.A black plate containing Hiroshima-style OKonomiyaki topped with the savory sauce and Japanese mayo.
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This simple condiment is a must for drizzling over the iconic Japanese savory pancake, okonomiyaki.

8. Yakisoba Sauce

A mason jar containing homemade yakisoba sauce (copycat version of Otafuku Yakisoba Sauce).A mason jar containing homemade yakisoba sauce (copycat version of Otafuku Yakisoba Sauce).
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This yakisoba sauce is the default to season the popular Japanese fried noodles, but you can use it in any of your stir fry recipes too!

9. Yakiniku (Japanese BBQ) Sauce

Dipping grilled beef in the homemade Yakiniku Sauce.Dipping grilled beef in the homemade Yakiniku Sauce.
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This sweet and savory Japanese BBQ sauce is perfect for dipping thin slices of well-marbled beef short ribs and other grilled delicacies.

10. Sesame Sauce (Goma Dare)

Glass bowls containing two types of Goma Dare (Japanese Sesame Sauce).Glass bowls containing two types of Goma Dare (Japanese Sesame Sauce).
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Creamy, flavorful, and savory, this sesame sauce can be enjoyed as a dipping sauce for shabu shabu hot pot or try it with steamed vegetables, cold or hot tofu, green salad, and somen or udon noodles.


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A mason jar filled with Homemade Teriyaki Sauce.A mason jar filled with Homemade Teriyaki Sauce.

10 Easy & Popular Japanese Sauces Anyone Can Make at Home

These Japanese sauces go well with everything! From the citrusy ponzu to yakiniku (BBQ sauce) to all-purpose miso, each of them is going to make your dishes more delicious, and your life more flavorful.

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Author: Namiko Chen

Course: Condiments

Cuisine: Japanese

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