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Tempura Dipping Sauce (Tentsuyu) 天つゆ

Made with dashi, soy sauce, mirin, and sugar, Tentsuyu is the traditional Japanese dipping sauce for all kinds of tempura. This homemade recipe is a must to elevate your favorite shrimp tempura or vegetable tempura. Ready in 5 minutes!

A white bowl containing Tempura Dipping Sauce (Tentsuyu) served with grated daikon.

When you order Tempura at a restaurant, you’d be given a small dish of dipping sauce on the side to enjoy with. Casually known as Tempura Dipping Sauce, we also call the sauce Tentsuyu (天つゆ).

The sauce is light and refreshing and it can magically uplift the deliciousness of tempura in an instant. With just a handful of pantry ingredients, you can make it in less than 5 minutes!

4 Ingredients You’ll Need for Tempura Dipping Sauce

While making tempura at home may be more fitting for a weekend cooking, the dipping sauce is unbelievably easy to whip up. Simply measure out the ingredients, whisk them together and you’re good to go.

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Here are what you need:

1. Dashi

This is the foundation of Japanese flavor. Delicate yet complex, dashi (Japanese soup stock) is an absolute must for the dipping sauce.

You can choose to make dashi from scratch (I almost always keep a mason jar of previously cooked dashi in my refrigerator for all my Japanese recipes) or use the convenient dashi powder or dashi packet to make dashi instantly.

2. Soy sauce

The salty, savory, and umami-rich soy sauce does much of the heavy lifting of the overall flavor. Use gluten-free soy sauce for Gluten-Free Tempura.

3. Mirin

This Japanese sweet rice wine adds a mild sweetness and luster to the sauce.

4. Sugar

Just a touch of sugar balances out the saltiness, and round up the dipping sauce with the best result! Adjust the amount according to your taste.

With a little balancing act, you’ll get a dipping sauce that complements and elevates your crispy juicy tempura!

A white bowl containing Tempura Dipping Sauce (Tentsuyu) served with grated daikon.

The Short-Cut Version

As a back-up when I run out of dashi or want to save time, I use store-bought Mentsuyu to prepare Tempura Dipping Sauce.

Mentsuyu / Tsuyu (Japanese Noodle Soup Base) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Made with sake, mirin, soy sauce, kombu, and dried bonito flakes, Mentsuyu is the base sauce used in many Japanese noodle dishes and dipping sauces.

Mentsuyu is typically concentrated and you’ll need to add water to dilute it.

Mentsuyu / Tsuyu (Japanese Noodle Soup Base) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

For Tempura Dipping Sauce (See the Japanese word 天つゆ), you will need to combine 1 part of Mentsuyu and 3 or 4 parts water. Taste it and adjust the flavor according to your taste. I often add a splash of mirin when I use Mentsuyu.

You can find a bottle of Mentsuyu at Japanese/Asian grocery stores or online on Amazon.

Shrimp and vegetable tempura on a plate along with the dipping sauce.

Looking for Delicious Tempura Recipes?

Shrimp Tempura – One of the classic tempura recipes!
Vegetable Tempura – Learn how to prepare different kinds of vegetable tempura!
Gluten-Free Tempura – Whether you are gluten intolerant or not, everyone will enjoy this crispy tempura!
Chicken Tempura – It’s a regional dish from Oita prefecture.
Tenmusu (Rice Balls with Shrimp Tempura) – It’s one of the popular Nagoya specialities!
Shrimp and vegetable tempura on a plate along with the dipping sauce.

Itadakimasu!

Enjoy your freshly fried tempura platter with the dipping sauce and grated daikon on the side for a scrumptious tempura experience at home!

A white bowl containing Tempura Dipping Sauce (Tentsuyu) served with grated daikon.

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A white bowl containing Tempura Dipping Sauce (Tentsuyu) served with grated daikon.
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TEMPURA DIPPING SAUCE (TENTSUYU)
Prep Time 5 mins

Made with dashi, soy sauce, mirin, and sugar, Tentsuyu is the traditional Japanese dipping sauce for all kinds of tempura. This homemade recipe is a must to elevate your favorite shrimp tempura or vegetable tempura. Ready in 5 minutes!

Course: Condiments
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: dipping sauce, tempura
Servings: 1 cup (240 ml)
Author: Nami
INGREDIENTS

¾ cup dashi (180 ml; or ¾ cup water + 1 tsp dashi powder)
3 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp mirin
2 tsp sugar
2 inches daikon radish (5 cm; grated and lightly squeeze to drain; optional)

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