Red Miso Barbecue Sauce

Name: Red Miso Barbecue Sauce
Yield: Makes About 1½ Cups
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 1 cup red miso 2 tablespoons sake or dry sherry; 2 tablespoons mirin (sweet rice wine), or cream sherry; 2 tablespoons sugar, or more to taste; 2 tablespoons mayonnaise; 2 tablespoons vegetable stock, dashi (see White Miso), or water

Preparation info

Makes About
1½ Cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Barbecue Bible

By Steven Raichlen

Published 1998

About

Red miso (actually a reddish brown in color) has a deep, rich, salty flavor and isn’t quite as sweet as white miso. Known as aka-miso in Japanese, it contains barley as well as soybeans and rice. Red miso barbecue sauce is particularly good on grilled vegetables and salmon.

Ingredients

1 cup red miso 2 tablespoons sake or dry sherry
2

Asia
Japan
Sauce
Vegan

Method

Combine the red miso, sake, mirin, sugar, and mayonnaise in the top of a double boiler and whisk until smooth. Gradually whisk in the vegetable stock. Cook the sauce over simmering water, stirring occasionally, until thick and creamy, about 5 minutes. Remove the pan from over the water and let the sauce cool to room temperature. Taste for seasoning, adding more sugar