Guava Katsu Sauce

Tropical, umami-rich, fruity and gingery, this Japanese-style BBQ and dipping sauce is a delight over rice, tofu, grilled chicken and pork cutlets. Made in collaboration with our friends at Poi Dog, it's redolent with guava, miso, ginger, tomato and dried mushroom. Meaty, rich and deeply flavorful — and it happens to be vegan! Kiki Aranita, the founder of Poi Dog, says, "While I definitely will go through the effort to make chicken katsu, schnitzel or Milanese — whatever you want to call it —when guests come over, if I'm eating alone at home, I just use the guava katsu as my go-to chicken nugget sauce. It also makes an absolutely marvelous marinade and I'll use it on meaty oyster mushrooms or porchetta —just marinate overnight in the fridge!"