This is a delicious sauce that can be used instead of a BBQ sauce, but you will need to make more that this recipe.

Enough for 6 serves of okonomiyaki (Hiroshima or Osaka).

Ingredients

4 tbsp tomato sauce
2 ½  tbsp soy sauce (see recipe for Substitute Soy Sauce) + ½ tbsp
1 tbsp cooking sake
1 tbsp mirin
2  tbsp honey + ½ tbsp
2 tbsp Japanese rice vinegar
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
½ tbsp fish sauce
½ tbsp molasses
½ tbsp lime juice
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/8 tsp onion powder
1/8 tsp garlic
1/8 tsp chilli powder
¾ tsp tapioca flour with 2 tbsp water for slurry

Instructions

Combine all sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and simmer for about a minute, stirring constantly.

If it’s too tangy, add more honey.

If it’s too sweet, add a splash more soy sauce.

Remove from the heat and cool to room temperature.

Serving

Okonomiyaki or any other dish that would go with BBQ sauce.

Storage

Store in a tightly sealed jar in the fridge for a month….if it lasts that long…..