This is my grandmother's recipe.Microwave cooking times vary, so please adjust to your machine.Ours is a 600 W model.The dish is very hot when you take it out of the microwave, so be careful not to burn yourself!The reason for putting the spinach in cold water is to remove any bitterness.I've used a generous amount of sesame seeds! Recipe by Sarami19

I thought of a sesame sauce for ramen noodle salads and bang bang chicken.The sauce is pretty sweet, so adjust the sugar as you taste.If you plan to serve this to children, replace the sake for water as you won't burn off the alcohol. Recipe by 1630412

Dress salad, steamed chicken, cold tofu etc. with this all-purpose sesame sauce. Make a lot and store it in a fridge. No additives, so it can be a save sauce for children!#Japanese #Chinese #Sesame #vegan

I often make this when I have burdock root left over from another dish... it's rather hard to use up a whole burdock root! But then I started to buy burdock root just to make this sesame-sauce dish. (This is a secret, but I do it the lazy way by using store-bought ponzu sauce, sugar, and ground white sesame seeds. Use a 1:1:2 ratio of ponzu sauce, sugar and ground sesame! It's a bit salty, but...)As I wrote in Step 1, this tastes best when there's an equal amount of ground sesame seeds vs. the ★ ingredients. Depending on the season, adjust the amount of sugar and vinegar to taste!Start using burdock root from the thin end, and bash it, cut it, split it and throw them into the sesame-vinegar sauce. Recipe by Pikarindou honpo

I came up with a great way to use regular vinegar & sesame sauce. By adding just one seasoning, you can do so much more with it. You can just eat it with fried food, or you can use it to season stir-fries and Japanese dishes!Step 1 is an important step when you use mirin. Not only are you boiling away the alcohol, you are also bringing out its flavor. This extra step is very important!*Depending on the saucepan, using high heat might cause the alcohol to catch on fire like a flambé, so cook on medium heat! Recipe by Mizkan

I was able to survive 7 years of making bentos for my children with this mix. Frozen goma-ae (cooked vegetables with sesame sauce) becomes wet by the time it thaws, and the flavors dissipate so it's no good! But making goma-ae for bento every time is a bother and you're likely to have awkward amounts left over. This sesame-sauce base is perfect for families with those kinds of problems.I'd always made this by eyeballing the ingredients, but I tried measuring things out properly this time. And what do you know - the ratio is quite easy to remember. This mixture is on the sweet side, so please use this as a starting point and adjust the amount of soy sauce and sugar. It has almost no moisture in it, so if you put it in a container with a hermetically sealed lid or a jar with a a screwtop lid, you can even store it at room temperature. Recipe by Heartful Kitchen Rei

If you have homemade sesame sauce on hand, you can quickly make a sesame sauce dish. Since even small amounts of vegetables will be flavorful with the sauce, it will be very convenient for bentos or when you need just one more dish.All you have to do is toss everything together; it's a simple recipe. Recipe by Heartful Kitchen Rei

I created this recipe to make a healthy dish without oil, but with a strong, tasty flavour.I used white sesame this time. It's no problem to use black sesame or roasted sesame seeds. Recipe by caramel-cookie

As long as you have some homemade sesame sauce on hand, you can cook this up in an flash You only need a small amount to flavor, so it's super convenient as a bento item or times when you need one more side dish.It's easy; all you have to do is toss the ingredients together. Recipe by Heartful Kitchen Rei

My friend told me about the ingredients for this sauce nearly 20 years ago.I also serve mentsuyu alongside this sauce to give my family more choice.You can also add shiso leaf or myoga ginger. Recipe by myukitty

Since last year, I've been measuring out well-received recipes that I used to make without measuring.I'm recording them here for myself and for my friends.If using store-bought men-tsuyu, refer to the dilutions mentioned in Steps 4 and 5. Otherwise, the taste will be different. Be sure to thoroughly squeeze out excess water from the vegetables before combining with the sesame sauce.I recommend combining the vegetables and sauce right before serving. Recipe by *ai*