We were out of cocktail sauce, and didn't feel like going out to the store. So I looked in a couple cookbooks and found this cocktail sauce as part of a Shrimp Cocktail recipe, in Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything cookbook!

Homemade, lower sugar cocktail sauce.

This is one of my husband's favorite dishes, so we have it quite often -- especially in the summer, when there's lots of fresh shiso to pick.Cutting the meat into cubes helps shorten the cooking time and creates more surfaces for the sauce to coat.I used beef when I took these pictures, but economical pork shoulder or chicken (thigh, breast meat, or tenders) are delicious in this recipe too.Also, be sure to adjust the amount of sauce to the amount of meat you're using, so that it doesn't get too salty.Yields 1 to 2 servings. Recipe by putimiko.

This is an abbreviated version of Chaliapin steak (a steak marinated in onions, a Japanese western-style dish).The sautéed onions form the base of the sauce, so sauté them slowly and patiently, taking care not to let them burn.As long as the onions are well sautéed, you can make a delicious sauce with just water, without needing any wine or sake. For 1 serving. Recipe by Shizure

Delicious

I tried to recreate the sauce served at a steakhouse.This is so easy to cook, so nothing in particular. Recipe by Puriman

I wanted to make cheap beef just a little tender and more delicious.Don't pound the beef too much. Recipe by handmadecafe

Lately, I've been into onion sauce, so I tried it on steak.Thoroughly cook the onions. Cook the meat over high heat until crispy. Recipe by Bu no shokutaku

An easy fusion pork dish that satisfies

Similar to A1 sauce. Great on burgers, steaks and fries. Found on www.allrecipes.com

I run out of A1 far too often.. so I decided I'd make my own sauce. This is like if A1 and Heinz 57 had a baby.. let's call it "A57"