Bull-Dog - Vegetable & Fruit Sauce (Tonkatsu Sauce) 500ml (2024)

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What is bull dog tonkatsu sauce used for? ›

This is a spicy sauce flavored with the umami of vegetables and fruits. It is refreshing when eaten with fried foods. Adding spiciness and mildness to the umami of vegetables and fruits, this multi-purpose sauce can be drizzled on fried foods or used as a secret ingredient in dishes like stew.

A very healthy, nutrient-dense sauce! Our sauce contains an abundance of vegetables and fruits like tomatoes, onions, carrots, apples, lemon, and prunes. The natural sweetness and sourness come primarily from the flavor of these vegetables and fruits. This sauce is made up of about 30% vinegar.

Another advantage of tonkatsu sauce in terms of taste is it's resistant to quality deterioration and oxidization thanks to vinegar, salt, and spices. However, for best quality and longer expiration date, it's recommended to refrigerate tonkatsu sauce once opened.

That's not a knock -- this tonkatsu is delicious! But in terms of prep and ingredients, it's all very familiar to American cooks. Well, there's one exception: The condiments. Japanese mustard is hotter than Western-style mustard; the Japanese variation doesn't have vinegar, so it's less tangy but more potent.

For the best quality, we recommend using the sauces within one month of opening.

With savory, sweet, and tangy notes, it tastes just as amazing as Japan's famous Bull-Dog Tonkatsu sauce. Serve it with tonkatsu (breaded pork cutlets), chicken katsu, or my favorite korokke (potato and beef croquettes).

What Does Tonkatsu Sauce Taste Like? Often referred to as Japanese-style barbecue sauce or katsu sauce. tonkatsu sauce is savory and sweet, with a slight tang. In this recipe, ketchup adds the sugary tartness, while soy sauce and Worcestershire lend some umami power.

It is a thick (viscosity over 2.0 pascal-second, per JAS Standard) Japanese Worcestershire-type sauce. It is similar to a brown sauce (British Isles), and can include a fish sauce, tomatoes, prunes, dates, apples, lemon juice, carrots, onions, and celery among its ingredients.

Chicken Katsu is a classic Japanese home-cooked dish served with tonkatsu sauce and a side of shredded cabbage salad. These tender and crispy panko-breaded cutlets are surprisingly easy to make, even on a busy weeknight! They also freeze well and make for a delicious meal-prep item.

What flavors are in tonkatsu? ›

A mixture of freshly ground sesame seeds and Tonkatsu Sauce is a nutty and rich tasting sauce. Another sauce is a more Japanese-style sauce of grated Daikon radish and Ponzu Sauce. This sauce gives the dish a little lighter feel because of the spiciness of fresh Daikon and the sourness of citrus.

The sweet, tangy fruit-and-vegetable-based condiment is most commonly used as an accompaniment to the crumbed, deep-fried pork cutlet dish known as tonkatsu, but works just as nicely as a dipping sauce for meats, or as an alternative to tomato sauce on burgers.

In truth, tonkatsu and tonkotsu are very different. The main similarity is that they both feature pork: Ton translates to pig or pork. But the dishes differ: Tonkatsu refers to crispy fried pork cutlets, while tonkotsu is a type of ramen made from bone broth.

Tonkatsu sauce is a Japanese version of Worcestershire sauce that is thicker, similar to brown sauce. Although the sauce is typically pretty complex, a nice simple way to make it at home is to simply mix Worcestershire sauce with ketchup along with some soy sauce.

Tonkatsu sauce (とんかつソース) is served with Tonkatsu (deep-fried pork cutlet) and is often used for other deep-fried dishes like Korokke or to make Hambagu sauce. Tonkatsu sauce mainly consists of vegetables and fruits such as tomatoes, prunes, dates, apples, lemon juice, carrots, onions, and celery.

Bull-Dog Tonkatsu Sauce is a vegetable and fruit-based sauce with a similar taste to its western cousin, Worcestershire sauce, originally developed to suit the Japanese palate. Not only does it accompany tonkatsu dishes well, but it also enhances the flavours of okonomiyaki and other pan-fried dishes.

By the way, while sauce chien translates as 'dog sauce', the name in fact has nothing to do with dogs. The salsa is named for a sharp knife that is widely used in the French Caribbean islands.

Hoisin sauce is a thick, fragrant sauce commonly used in Cantonese cuisine as a glaze for meat, an addition to stir fry, or as dipping sauce. It is dark-coloured, sweet and salty. Although regional variants exist, hoisin sauce usually includes soybeans, fennel, red chili peppers, and garlic.