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Potsticker sauce is easy to make at home and is the perfect dipping sauce for potstickers or any Asian appetizer! This delicious sauce is salty, and tangy, and has a touch of sweetness to balance out the flavors.
I love to serve this potsticker sauce any time I serve Asian cuisine because it’s THAT good! It compliments so many delicious appetizers and recipes and it will be a staple in your house. Try this dipping sauce with egg rolls, cream cheese wontons, and of course my homemade potstickers!
Potsticker Dipping Sauce
Potsticker sauce is a must when serving Asian-inspired appetizers. It is a savory and salty sauce that elevates whatever you dip it in. The combination of soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sesame oil are the perfect complimentary flavors in this dipping sauce. It has a salty tang with a hint of sweetness and spice. You are going to love how easy and delicious this sauce is to make!
Everyone will love starting their meal off with potstickers and this amazing dipping sauce. Now let’s make the meal complete! Serve alongside my easy fried rice, this delicious cashew chicken, and my favorite lettuce wraps. Your family will ask for this meal over and over again. It’s the best!
Ingredients For Potsticker Sauce
This easy sauce for potstickers only takes 5 pantry ingredients to make! The garnishes are an extra bonus of flavors but are optional. The base of this recipe makes a perfect dipping sauce for potstickers, dumplings, gyoza, and egg rolls. This is a staple recipe for all your favorite Asian appetizers!
- Soy Sauce: I love using low sodium soy sauce because it still has all the flavor and is better for the heart.
- Rice Vinegar: This gives it a bit of tang. I love using Chinese vinegar in this recipe if you can find it. It adds a delicious authentic flavor.
- Sesame Oil: Look for sesame oil near the oils or bottles of vinegar. It can also be found in the Asian aisle.
- Sugar: Just a touch of sweetness to balance out the salt. You can use brown sugar or honey in this recipe with excellent results.
- Green Onions: Sliced green onion is the perfect garnish for this sauce.
- Red Pepper Flakes: This is optional but delicious if you like a little spice!
- Sesame Seeds: Optional but adds great flavor and texture. It’s a beautiful garnish.
Potsticker Sauce Recipe
This potsticker sauce recipe takes less than 5 minutes to make! It’s tangy and salty with the perfect blend of sweetness and spice if you want. You are going to love how quickly this potsticker sauce comes together and how delicious it is too! It’s so easy to whip up when you need to take your appetizer game to the next level!
- Combine Soy Sauce, Rice Vinegar, Sesame Oil, and Sugar: Combine the soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, and sugar together in a small bowl and whisk until well combined.
- Add Green Onion and Garnishes: Stir in the sliced green onion then garnish with red pepper flakes and sesame seeds.
- Serve and Enjoy: Whisk well before serving then enjoy as a dipping sauce for potstickers, egg rolls, gyoza, or wontons.
Homemade Dipping Sauce Tips
This dipping sauce for potstickers is the perfect combination of salty, sweet, spicy, and savory! You can make this sauce to your liking by adding more sweetness or making it spicier! This potsticker sauce recipe is so easy to make and so easy to flavor just the way you want. Try these extra tips for the best flavor!
- Make it Gluten-Free: Look for gluten-free soy sauce and you have a luscious gluten-free sauce that will taste amazing.
- Low Sodium: Use low-sodium soy sauce to help control the salt. You won’t even taste the difference!
- Replace Soy Sauce with Tamari: This Japanese version of soy sauce can be used in place of soy sauce. It is a little thicker, so you can add a splash of water to thin out the dipping sauce.
- Sugar Swap: You can trade out the sugar for honey, maple syrup, or brown sugar if you desire. The honey and maple syrup will change the consistency and taste just a bit. So adapt the other ingredients as needed by tasting them!
- Make it Spicy: Add a bit more spice with more red pepper flakes or a squeeze of sriracha sauce! I’ve also used a few drops of chili oil for extra spice. I love spicy!
- Add More Flavor: This potsticker sauce is so versatile! Play around with the flavors by adding fresh garlic and ginger. It gives it more depth in flavor.
How to Store Sauce For Potstickers
Use the homemade sauce immediately as needed or stored it in the refrigerator for later. This potsticker sauce is perfect to make ahead because the flavors meld together and the sauce gets better with time. I love to make this recipe a day in advance because it’s ready to serve when you need it.
- In the Refrigerator: Place leftover sauce in an airtight container. Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. Whisk before serving. Garnish with green onions and red pepper flakes. Enjoy as a dipping sauce for potstickers, egg rolls, sushi, and much more!
More Homemade Sauces
There are so many delicious Asian flavored sauces to make and enjoy. I love making our favorite sauces at home. They always taste better, save us money and time. Sauces are also way easier to make than you think. Try some of these amazing sauces the next time you make Asian cuisine! You’re going to LOVE them!
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Potsticker Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar, or *Chinese vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons sugar, or honey to taste
- 1 tablespoon green onions, sliced
- crushed red pepper flakes, optional
- sesame seeds, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine the soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, and sugar together in a small bowl and whisk until well combined.
- Stir in the sliced green onion then garnish with red pepper flakes and sesame seeds.
- Whisk well before serving. Serve as a dipping sauce for potstickers, egg rolls, gyoza, or wontons.
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This dipping sauce is fantastic! Easy to make and was so good we used it on our chicken fried rice too! Thanks!
Great recipe! Made it exactly as instructed and wouldn’t change a thing. It was wonderful with my frozen potstickers, which I pan fried.
I really didn’t enjoy this, I was hoping for something similar to the sauces included in some brands of frozen pot stickers and this was nowhere close despite having more or less the same ingredients. The proportions must be off. It mostly tastes like straight soy sauce with a hint of sesame oil, much too strong and salty, not enough sweetness or acidity to offset it.
How long can I store this for?
It will stay fresh for about a week if stored properly!
Boil this for 5 minutes after mixing. Tastes better than take-out. I added a touch of dried ginger garlic, chives, and white wine for complexity. Super quick and easy and delicious. Boiling is key!!
My husband and I love this recipe. We will on occasion order potstickers but use this instead of the restaurant’s. We keep it made and store in the fridge for way longer than 2 or three weeks. Is there any reason this couldn’t be frozen sans the green onions?
I’m so happy you love the recipe!! You can definitely freeze it for later.
Great dipping sauce! I made it with regular soy sauce, it was delicious but borderline too salty. Going to try low sodium soy sauce on next batch.
Delicious
I have eaten a lot of potstickers..lol I used to work night shift and 2am I would order potstickers. These are so good. Easy to make and easy to cook. I made 2 batches. I cooked about 8 of them, and froze the rest.. I followed the recipe exactly except for the mushrooms. Forgot those, but these are worth your time. My hubby wet the edges, I put in the meat and pinched them. I’m not fancy so I just made them in triangles. It works. Thanks so much
How long can it be stored in fridge?
It can be stored in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Thank you!! Yummy!
Love how quick and easy this sauce is. I can whip some up while the potstickers cook… or even afterwards without having to worry about them getting cold. Highly recommend!
This recipe is yummy and really hits the spot. I used it to dip air fried pot stickers.
Was simply looking for a sauce that wasn’t terrible but got one that tasted like takeout places 10/10