Ebara Yakiniku Tare — Mild

Ebara's yakiniku sauce in the mild (amakuchi) style — the sweeter, gentler version, and the one most households buy. Ebara is one of the best known sauce makers in Japan, and this is the bottle that sits beside a great many home grill plates.

Yakiniku tare is the sauce Japanese grilled meat is built around, and it does two jobs. Before cooking it is a marinade, tenderising and seasoning at once. After cooking it is a dipping sauce. Most households use one bottle for both, and for good reason — the flavour matches itself across the meal.

The balance here sits between sweet, salty and savoury, with fruit and aromatics giving it body so it clings to meat instead of sliding off.

Why Choose It?

• Mild and sweet: no chilli heat, so it suits children and lighter palates.
• Fruit in the base: apple and pear give it sweetness and help tenderise the meat.
• Marinade and dip in one: use it before the grill and beside it.
• It clings: thick enough to coat meat rather than run into the plate.
• Ready to use: no mixing, no building a marinade from scratch.

How To Use It:

• As a marinade: 30 minutes for thin slices, a few hours for thicker cuts.
• As a dipping sauce: poured into a small dish beside the grill.
• Beef, pork and chicken: it suits all three, which a spicier sauce does not.
• Fried rice and noodles: a spoonful at the end for colour and depth.

The One Rule:
Do not pour it on early over high heat. It contains sugar, and sugar blackens long before the meat is done — marinate, wipe off the excess, then grill.

Storage:
Store in a cool, dark place. Refrigerate after opening. Never return sauce that has touched raw meat to the bottle.

Allergen:
Contains soy and wheat.

The bottle beside most home grill plates in Japan. Order now.