ASIAN PEAR DIPPING SAUCE

By á-58

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup soy sauce
• 2/3 cup sake, Chinese rice wine, or dry sherry
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 Asian pear, peeled, halved, cored, and finely chopped
• 3 scallions, trimmed and finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or more to taste

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Place the soy sauce, sake, and sugar in a nonreactive mixing bowl and stir until the sugar dissolves. Stir in the pear, scallions, sesame seeds, and pepper. Divide the sauce among small bowls for dipping.