Yum Yum Sauce #SundaySupper

I have a secret. It’s a sauce.  One that every child loves!  I’m not kidding.  Not only that, they eat things that they would never, ever, ever eat if you tell them they can dip it in this sauce.  I’m not so sure that they even like the actual sauce as much as they like the name… seriously, even adults will eat almost anything dipped in Yum Yum Sauce.

I discovered it many moons ago.  When my older two were young, we went out to dinner with Ron’s parents and in an effort to keep the kids busy, we decided to go to a Japanese Steakhouse.  You know the ones, the chef stands in the middle and cooks and throw things all over the place. It keeps little ones so entertained, they hardly even realize that we are asking them to sit still for over two hours.

Well, on that particular night, Ron ordered his Steak, I ordered my Salmon and we ordered the kids Chicken.  As everything was up in flames in front of us, out came this little bowl filled with an Orange Sauce.   Ronnie, immediately dipped his finger in it and said “Yum.”  When his Chicken came out, he dipped it in the sauce and again “Yum.”  Ron gave him a piece of steak and again “Yum.”  Determined that my kids would love fish, I put a piece of Salmon in front of him.  He diligently dipped it in the sauce and said “Yum.”  This was just amazing but who was I to mess with such a good thing.  I placed a piece of broccoli in front of him, after inspecting it, he dipped it in the sauce… “Yum.” Green beans…”Yum.”

I realized at that moment, that this must be some type of Magic Sauce.  We are known for the No Thank You Bite at our home but I wasn’t hearing any No Thank You’s just Yum!  I asked our chef what kind of magic sauce this was and he replied “Yum Yum.”  Was he talking baby talk?  He reassured me he was not and that the name of the sauce was Yum Yum Sauce.

I had to have the recipe!  When I asked our chef, he blurted out mayo, paprika, tomato paste, and that was about it.  I spent the next couple of months perfecting my Yum Yum sauce.  It was magic, no matter what I put in front of my kids, if they could dip it in Yum Yum Sauce, they ate it!  After many attempts, I perfected it and today we not only use it as a dip but also as a marinade.  It is fabulous as a marinade on grilled Chicken and Fish.

Reis was in the kitchen creating some awesome Reisipes this week.  I love that he got me a glass of wine to go with my Yum Yum Chicken.  He can cook for me any day!

I hope your family enjoy’s the Yum as much as we do!

Yum Yum Sauce

 

Author: www.familyfoodie.com

Recipe type: Sauce

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This sauce is perfect on Fish, Chicken, Steak or Veggies. Also fabulous over rice.

Ingredients

• 2 Cups Mayonnaise
• ¼ Cup Water
• ¼ Cup Tomato Paste
• 2 Tablespoons Sugar
• ½ Teaspoon Paprika
• 1 Teaspoon Garlic Powder
• Juice of one Lime
• 1 pinch of salt
• *if you like some spice, add ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients and blend in food processor
2. Refrigerate for 24 hours prior to serving
3. Use as a marinade and as a dipping sauce
4. YUM!

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