Japanese Kewpie-Style Mayonnaise

Name: Japanese Kewpie-Style Mayonnaise
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2 pasteurized egg yolks (room temperature); ½ tsp Japanese mustard (karashi); ½ tsp smooth Dijon mustard (not grainy); 175 ml cooking oil (neutral flavored, I used rapeseed, avoid olive oil); 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 2 tsp rice vinegar (unseasoned); ½ tsp salt (fine sea salt preferred); ½ tsp lemon juice; 1 pinch ground white pepper; ¼ tsp sugar; 1 pinch Ajinomoto (or dashi granules, or omit completely)

Instructions

Prep:15min

With a whisk, bowl and a few accessible ingredients, this recipe is as close as it gets to creating your own Kewpie-Style Japanese Mayonnaise from scratch at home!

Updated at: Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:31:42 GMT