Keto yum yum sauce that tastes just like the hibachi restaurant! Zero sugar, ultra low carbs, and Paleo approved. Perfect for fried cauliflower rice, burgers, salads, and dipping!
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Happy Valentine’s Day, loves! Who doesn’t love hibachi steak houses? The one in our town used to be a go-to date night place for my husband and I. But if I’m being totally honest with myself, I only wanted to go for the (not keto) yum yum sauce and fried rice. Let’s take a moment of silence for that delicious sauce…
Back to reality…
If you’ve never eaten or heard of yum yum sauce, let me fill you in: it is a tangy but slightly sweet mayonnaise based dipping sauce commonly served at Japanese restaurants.
It’s a little sweet and a little tangy. You can buy it in just about every major grocery store nowadays too.
The problem is that restaurant style yum yum sauce is FULL of sugar! Dreaded, evil, addicting sugar. No wonder it tastes so dang good!
I’ve been trying to replicate a keto version of yum yum sauce for months now! I finally #nailedit and just HAVE to share with y’all!
This recipe for keto yum yum sauce is super duper easy.One bowl, one whisk, and just a couple measuring spoons. Simply mix it up, let it sit for a little bit (or don’t if you’re impatient like me), and it’s ready!
It pairs maginificently with my Cauliflower Fried Rice! I should know, I make it a couple times a month! 🙂
A few tips about this recipe:
- My sauce yielded approximately 2 cups of sauce. 1 serving size is 2 tablespoons.
- You may dial up or down the sriracha based on preference. Recalculate macros if you change the amount!
- If you use tomato paste instead of ketchup, you may want to add a little extra sweetener.
- Avocado oil mayo is my mayo of choice because it has the cleanest ingredients. It doesn’t have any soybean oil, corn syrup, or hydrogenated oil. However, I’m forever a Duke’s fan and won’t fault you for using that too!
Sugar Free Yum Yum Sauce
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup reduced sugar ketchup or tomato paste (I use Heinz)
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha
- 1 tablespoon powdered sweetener
- 1/2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1.25 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons water
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a bowl and whisk until fully incorporated.
- Store in airtight container up to two weeks in the refrigerator.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 2 tablespoonsAmount Per Serving: Calories: 204 Total Fat: 22g Carbohydrates: 2.8g Fiber: 0g Protein: 0.1g
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Second night in a row eating this yum yum sauce! So good!! Thank you!!
Hello! I only currently have swerve granular on hand. Would this work for the sweetener since it is not powdered?
You could but the sauce may be kind of gritty because it won’t dissolve.
put it in a blender first!
There is no reason to blend this sauce as it doesn’t need to be emulsified. A simple bowl and whisk, or shake a mason jar, will do the job.
I was referring to the granulated sugar. If you don’t have powdered sugar then you can blend granulated sugar to make it powdery.
I make my own mayo for quality control recently made “baconayiase” where you sub the reg oil for liquid bacon fat to make the mayo. So I used some of that for this…yummy yummy I adjusted the macros
Hi!
Would this work without the rice vinegar? Any subs for that? I have never tried yum yum sauce but I intend to try this one!
No, you really need it. Rice vinegar is a common ingredient in asian cuisine. You can get it at every grocery store and it’s very inexpensive.
OMG! This sauce is incredible! So glad I came across your blog and recipes! Thanks for posting!
Hooray! I’m so happy you enjoyed it!
Thoughts on using greek yogurt as a sub for mayo? I’m going to try it, just wondering if anyone had theirs m tried that before. I’ve made this tons of times as is, but I don’t use mayo much anymore.
You could do that but it would make the sauce much more tangy and significantly increase the carb count.
So, I have to tell you it’s ridiculously good, haha! I make a new bowl as soon as I run out. Only thing is, I need much more than a serving size on my greens… I have to be careful there!
Haha, well I’m so glad you love it! Thanks for stopping by to tell us!
I do have a question though. Everything here in Sweden has labels with nutritionfacts for a 100 grams. Makes it easier to calculate the total amount of carbs. My mayo for instance has 2;8 grams per 100 grams. So I did a calculation based on my products used and got about 26 carbs in total for one bowl. That makes my carb count per serving lower than the macros here. Yet when I look at macros for your mayo it says zero, but I guess if you use a bigger amount the carbs would ”show”. I have no problem to eat 3 servings of yumyum in a sitting, so the carbs matter here (iiih, I need my yum yum… hehe) so I’m just wondering if I’m missing something here in my calculation. Do you think you may be using products that are higher in carbs perhaps? Sorry for my long post.
Mayo should be zero grams of carbs. If it isn’t, there is likely sugar or other fillers in your mayo that is not good. Mayo should really just be eggs, oil, and maybe salt. As for the measurements (metric vs US), if you type in Google “grams to ounces”, it’ll give you a formula box for the conversion. 🙂
Ok, thanks, so if your mayo is zero, where does all the carbs come from?