Anyone know the recipe for the "ginger" style veggie/shrimp dipping sauce found at many Japanese steakhouses?

Question

Two dipping sauces are usually provided for vegetable and seafood dipping. One is the orange colored sauce other is a brownish color which I believe contains ginger. I know that this brown dipping sauce is not authentic Japanese, more geared towards American culture and tastes. I've tried a "tempera" style dipping sauce sold at Asian markets, but it's not quite the same.

Answer 1

Ginger Sauce Recipe

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup light soy sauce
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 teaspoons minced ginger
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 spring onions (green onions, scallions), chopped
PREPARATION:
In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, red wine vinegar and minced ginger. Set aside.
In a small heavy saucepan, melt the brown sugar on high heat, stirring rapidly, until it is just melted but not burnt.
Add the soy sauce and red wine mixture. Bring to boil until brown sugar is melted again (it will harden temporarily after the soy sauce mixture is added).
Remove from the heat, pour into a serving dish and garnish with the chopped spring onions. Serve with potstickers, gyoza or other Chinese dumplings.



and here is a link to other Asian dipping sauces

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/saucesdipping/index.htm

Answer 2

Hi I don't know if you mean this one but I use it all the time for Tampura. Hope this helps. If not at least you will have another sauce recipe to try.

Japanese Ginger Dipping Sauce

INGREDIENTS:
1/3 cup soysauce
1/3 cup sake
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp grated garlic
1 tsp grated ginger
PREPARATION:
Put all ingredients in a bowl and stir well.