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help me identify this sauce!!!

Hello Redditors!! I recently came back from my trip to Tokyo and some of the food I tried had this green chilli type of sauce and it was really tasty. Now, I am wondering if anyone could identify what this sauce is because I cannot stop thinking about it.

Tokyo was amazing and the food was really really good too!!

by secretagentagency

17 Comments

  1. bang_boom_bang

    Guess thats „real“ Wasabi. Freshly grated.

  2. modshallperish

    Just had a piece of sea bream yesterday with this on top (at a conveyor belt place) and it was called “yuzu pepper” or something like that.

  3. Emergency_Slice8966

    It’s wasabi…
    You don’t wanna put it on any food much

  7. liliridescentbeetle

    pretty sure that’s yuzu kosho, a citrus salt paste.

  8. Turbulent-Tale-7298

    As mentioned, it’s yuzu koshō (yuzu koshou)

    [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzu_koshō](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzu_koshō)

    It‘a one of the things I always pick when I’m travelling around Japan as the taste varies depending on who produces It and where it is made, even when you find an artesan small batch example it’s always affordable.

  9. secretagentagency

    hey redditors! i think we got the answers, you guys are quick haha. but this is definitely not wasabi😅 thank you for all your replies😊

  10. namajapan

    Easy to make, it’s just yuzu peel, green chili and salt

  11. nyanXnyan

    Yuzu kosho – and it is really tasty!!! I find it has been easier to get in the past year or so.

  12. xXxKatletkaxXx

    Best one is kanzuri chili. Similar to this but red and mixed with yuzu peel and koji

  13. lefarche

    Can anyone recommend a great brand for Yuzu Kosho which might be available internationally? Would love to buy one.

  14. winkers

    Just FYI, you can typically buy yuzu kosho in small jars or a plastic tube at a Japanese market.

    It’s also pretty easy to make from scratch. The basic recipe is chili peppers, yuzu, and salt. Modern variations add other ingredients but the 3 components are just

    * chili peppers
    * yuzu peel
    * salt

    Mash together with a mortar pestle.

    I often substitute local western peppers and different citrus peels like orange or Meyer lemon.

    Edit to add:
    Other additional ingredients could be koji, sesame seeds/oil, etc.

  15. coolpartoftheproblem

    what is in the bowl behind it my god looks so good

  16. Boring_Philosophy27

    Its called yuzu kosho. A paste me with chili peppers, yuzu citrus juice and skin. And seasoned with salt

  17. winkers

    My favorite is also orange and Serrano though I use homegrown orange not a blood orange.

    Are you pairing the kosho with grilled items? I just had a veggie platter that had a dipping sauce made from buttermilk+mayo+kosho that was great.

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