Tonkatsu Sauce

This sweet and spicy sauce goes beautifully with Japanese katsu (fried pork or chicken cutlets, dredged in Panko crumbs).

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Yields: 1 cup

Ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup ketchup
• 4  teaspoons rice wine
• 4  teaspoons soy sauce
• 4  teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2  teaspoons sugar
• 2  teaspoons applesauce
• 4  teaspoons  rice wine vinegar
• 4  teaspoons yellow mustard
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1⁄8 teaspoon  ground clove
• 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients together in medium-size glass or plastic bowl, then whisk until thoroughly blended.
2. Use as a sauce with tonkatsu (fried pork cutlets, or chicken cutlets) and katsudon, or as a sauce to accompany grilled chicken, turkey, pork, steaks or fish.
3. You can even drizzle some on a shredded cabbage salad.