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Cooking Basics! Oyster Sauce Substitute

4.4

(41 reviews)

Time

approx. 5mins

Here’s a substitute for oyster sauce! By adding the savory flavor of Chinese soup stock granules and the sweetness of sugar to tonkatsu-style sauce, you can create a flavor close to oyster sauce. Chinese soup stock granules can also be replaced with chicken stock powder. Give it a try when you don’t have oyster sauce on hand.

Ingredients [ Makes about 1 ½ tablespoons ]

  • sugar½ teaspoon
  • soy sauce1 teaspoon
  • chuno sauce (Japanese brown sauce)1 tablespoon
  • Chinese granulated soup stock½ teaspoon
Cooking notes

Please Note

Ingredients may vary by product and region. If you have food allergies or dietary restrictions, please review all ingredient labels carefully before cooking. Consult your doctor or a registered dietitian if you have any health concerns.

Instructions

1

Put the sugar, soy sauce, chuno sauce, and Chinese soup stock granules in a bowl, and mix well until the sugar and granules dissolve.

Note:

The final flavor will be slightly different, but you can also use chicken stock powder instead of Chinese soup stock granules.

Reviews

4.4

(41 reviews)

*Automatically translated from reviews posted in Japan.

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    I forgot to buy oyster sauce, so I tried making it myself.

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    I was out of oyster sauce, so this really helped!

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    I usually just used chuno sauce instead of oyster sauce, but when I tried this recipe, it tasted more like oyster sauce and was great.

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    I can’t use oyster sauce because of a shellfish allergy, so this is the recipe I found. I don’t know what oyster sauce tastes like, so I can’t say whether it’s similar. But I was able to make it with ingredients I already had at home, so I’ll keep using it! I made a double batch, so I put the leftovers in a container and stored them in the refrigerator.

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    I always use this as a substitute.

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    I never manage to use up the store-bought kind and end up throwing it away, so I really appreciate being able to make just the amount I need with this substitute. The flavor is nice and robust, too.

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    Even when I buy oyster sauce, I sometimes can’t use it up before the expiration date, so I make it with this recipe every time.