This Vegan Yumm Sauce is my take on the sauce made popular at Cafe Yumm. It’s ultra-creamy, full of flavor, and has 10 grams of protein in just 2 tablespoons!
My sister’s best known dinner recipe is dino nuggets. As in, the frozen dinosaur shaped chicken nugget-flavored product.
But when I was visiting her in Hawaii this summer, she offered to make this vegan yum sauce to go on our veggie buddha bowls and I was, as the kids say, shook.
After standing over the blender throwing in the most random assortment of ingredients—chickpeas, tofu, nutritional yeast, and the like—the result was the creamiest, richest sauce that paired perfectly with our sweet potato and kale vegetable bowls.
She picked up the recipe in Portland, inspired by the infamous Yumm Sauce at Cafe Yumm. But for us folk who can’t get our hands on the real stuff, this Vegan Yum Sauce packs in all that flavor with a quick blitz of the blender!
Reader rating
★★★★★
“Oh my goodness! I moved from Oregon over 2 years ago and I missed my Yumm bowl so much! I am NOT a cook by any means and this sauce was really easy to make… and so delicious! 100% recommend!!” —Kelsey
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Ingredients in yumm sauce
Yum sauce ingredients create a sauce that is so dreamy and creamy while also being insanely healthy. The good news is that the only “uncommon” ingredient is chickpea juice. But, if you have a can of chickpeas, you have chickpea juice!
Chickpeas: The bulk ingredient in vegan yum sauce is ½cup of chickpeas. This adds thickness while also supplying some protein (chickpeas are so nutritious)!
Nutritional Yeast: Next, ½cup of nutritional yeast will add flavor to the sauce (what the heck is nutritional yeast, anyways?)
Tofu: Next up is the silken tofu. You’ll need ½cup. Tofu loads up your sauce with anti-inflammatories and antioxidants! (The difference between silken and firm tofu here!)
Almonds: ¼cup of slivered almonds adds subtle earthy undertones.
Lemon Juice: Add a splash (2 tablespoons, to be exact) of lemon juice for a slight zing.
Seasonings: As for the spices, you will need ½teaspoon of salt, ½teaspoon of curry powder, and 2 cloves of garlic. If you don’t have fresh cloves, you can use ½teaspoon of garlic powder.
Chickpea Juice: Finish off the sauce by including ¼cup of chickpea juice for texture!
When I say this recipe couldn’t get easier, I quite literally mean that. The only way to make it easier is to… not make it, and that’s because it only requires one step!
Add all of the ingredients except the chickpea juice to ablender. Blitz until smooth, and slowly add the chickpea juice until you reach a thick, pourable consistency. That’s it!
Chickpea Juice Chickpea juice is what you get when you simply soak chickpeas in water. For this recipe, you can use some of the liquid that comes in the can with the chickpeas!
Extra Flavor To add even more oomph to your sauce, feel free to add additional flavorings like paprika, onion powder, or even sriracha.
Storage For best results, yum sauce should be kept refrigerated and enjoyed within about a week.
How to use vegan yum sauce
When a sauce is this good, food is simply a vehicle for the sauce. Some of the “vehicles” that pair well with the flavor of yum sauce are listed below!
Top your roasted veggie Buddha Bowl with the creamiest sauce around!
Add a spoonful to a bowl of Tempeh Vegetarian Chili for the perfect final touch.
Enjoy it in Eggplant Curry for an extra flavor component.
Lastly, simply use yum sauce as a dip for your favorite dippable veggies (carrots, celery, etc.) or fries!
Yum Yum Sauce (also known as White Sauce, Sakura Sauce, or Japanese Steakhouse Shrimp Sauce) has been commonly found in Japanese steakhouses for years. More recently, people have started to notice this sauce appearing in sushi restaurants as well.
This Yumm Sauce is specific to the brand, Cafe Yumm! and should not be confused with the popular Yum Yum Sauce that can be found in many Japanese steakhouse restaurants.
Yum Yum Sauce is made of mayonnaise, ketchup, vinegar, garlic, sugar, paprika and water to thin the sauce out. That's it! It's really just a matter of the right ratios of ingredients to get the flavor you want!
An all-purpose sauce for everyday pleasure, yum yum sauce should taste balanced with savoriness, sweetness and a touch of acid and gosoham, the Korean word often used to describe the nuttiness of sesame oil.
So, is yum yum sauce spicy mayo? Kind of. It is a mayo-based sauce but spicy mayo is usually just mayo and sriracha. Yum yum sauce includes more spices and flavorings.
Hot Sauce. Many brands, including Cholula, Frank's RedHot, Tabasco, Tapatío, and most Sriracha brands are vegan. However, always read the label for things like honey and other cruelly obtained ingredients.
Eine rote Markierung zeigt an, dass dieser Inhaltsstoff ausschließlich tierischen Ursprungs und damit eindeutig nicht vegan ist. Die Yum Yum Sorte „Vegetable“ enthält folgende Inhaltstoffe: Zutaten: WEIZENmehl, Palmöl (Antioxidationsmittel: tert.
Not all Chinese sauces are vegan—fish sauce, for example, is made with anchovies or krill that have been fermented for up to two years. And oyster sauce, as the name suggests, is made with caramelized oysters. Many vegan chefs turn to mushroom sauce to get the same rich flavor and syrupy texture as oyster sauce.
With any Yumm! Bowl®, you are welcome to choose between premium Thai jasmine rice and our certified organic brown rice. Charges for adds and substitutions may apply, so ask your local cashier. 283 – 537 Cal.
For best results, we encourage immediate refrigeration and that you finish your Yumm! Sauce before the “Enjoy By” date. After the “Enjoy By” date, we encourage you to dispose of the contents and recycle or reuse the container.
Yum Yum Sauce, also called Hibachi Sauce, Pink Sauce, White Sauce, Sakura Sauce, Seafood Sauce, or Japanese Shrimp Sauce, is a popular accompaniment served at Japanese Hibachi Steakhouses.
What is Yum Yum Sauce? It is a Japanese Steakhouse Shrimp Sauce with a mayo base, melted butter, tomato and other spices. If you have ever been to Japanese hibachi restaurants, you've had the pale pink sauce, or as some call it white sauce and others just plain Japanese sauce.
Terry Ho's Yum Yum Sauce is manufactured at a plant in Leesburg, Ga. Seeing the business potential, Ho started manufacturing and bottling the sauce on a mass scale about a decade ago. Success came quickly. The sauce worked its way to larger and larger outlets, diffusing throughout the United States.
Both spicy mayo and yum yum sauce have a mayonnaise base, but spicy mayo packs a lot more heat than yum yum sauce. Most spicy mayo is made with just two ingredients like the one I share here. Yum yum sauce is sweeter and less spicy as it uses ketchup or tomato paste, vinegar, garlic, sugar, and a little hot sauce.
Introduction: My name is Nathanael Baumbach, I am a fantastic, nice, victorious, brave, healthy, cute, glorious person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.
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