Homemade Katsu Sauce Recipe - Tonkatsu

Worcestershire sauce

🥗Healthier: coconut aminos

💰Cheaper: soy sauce

Coconut aminos are lower in sodium and suitable for certain diets.

mirin

🥗Healthier: rice vinegar + sugar

💰Cheaper: white vinegar + sugar

This combination mimics the sweetness and acidity of mirin.

Add 1/4 cup of apple juice, 1/4 cup of Worcestershire sauce, 1/4 cup of oyster sauce, 1/4 cup of ketchup, and 1/4 cup of date syrup to a pot.

Grate some ginger to extract juice, squeezing the pulp to get 1 teaspoon of ginger juice.

Add the teaspoon of ginger juice to the sauce mixture.

Add 1/2 teaspoon of curry powder to the sauce.

Turn the stove on to medium high heat and bring the mixture to a full boil while stirring to prevent burning.

Let the sauce reduce for 3 to 4 minutes until it reaches the desired thickness.

Transfer the sauce to a container for easy pouring.

Equipment Needed

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