Ponzu

Name: Ponzu
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1¼ cups (280 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: about ½ onion (60 g) Red Onion; about ¼ bunch (15 g) Cilantro; 10 g Ginger; about ½ clove (3 g) Garlic; 2 g Lime Zest; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Lime Juice; 5 Tbsp dark soy sauce (75 ml) Dark Soy; 3 Tbsp sesame oil (45 ml) Sesame Oil; 3 Tbsp Sweet Soy (45 ml) Sweet Soy; 1/8 cup rice vinegar (30 ml) Rice Vinegar; 6 Tbsp olive oil (90 ml) Olive Oil; about 2 tsp (5 g) Sesame Seed

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Hugo Riboulet recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Hugo Riboulet.

DRESSING · ALMOST ANYTHING; A HOUSE ALL-PURPOSE SAUCE

In the published recipe, this is the dressing for a versatile everyday sauce.

Riboulet's ponzu-style sauce that goes with everything.

On the jar

ASIAN

Method: shake
Yield: about 1¼ cups
Ingredients: 12
Jar batch: 0.8× recipe

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Ratio

OLIVE OIL 90 mlDARK SOY 75 mlSESAME OIL 45 mlSWEET SOY 45 mlLIME JUICE 30 mlRICE VINEGAR 30 ml

Ingredients

Red Onionabout ½ onion (60 g)
Cilantroabout ¼ bunch (15 g)
Ginger10 g
Garlicabout ½ clove (3 g)
Lime Zest2 g
Lime Juice2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Dark Soy5 Tbsp dark soy sauce (75 ml)
Sesame Oil3 Tbsp sesame oil (45 ml)
Sweet Soy3 Tbsp Sweet Soy (45 ml)
Rice Vinegar1/8 cup rice vinegar (30 ml)
Olive Oil6 Tbsp olive oil (90 ml)
Sesame Seedabout 2 tsp (5 g)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): OLIVE OIL, DARK SOY, SESAME OIL, SWEET SOY, LIME JUICE, RICE VINEGAR.
Add by count: ½ RED ONION, ¼ BUNCH CILANTRO.
Season to finish: GINGER (about 1 Tbsp), GARLIC (¾ clove), LIME ZEST (about ¾ tsp), SESAME SEED (to taste).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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PonzuCHAMPION CHEFOn the jar: ASIAN
Sesame Soy Vinaigrette★★★ KITCHENOn the jar: SESAME SOY
Chardonnay-Orange-Miso VinaigretteHATTED KITCHENOn the jar: CHARDONNAYOR
Ginger Vinaigrette★★★ KITCHENOn the jar: GINGER-SOY

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Provenance

Hugo Riboulet. French / contemporary. Cited awards include: Top Chef France winner S14 (2023).

Originally published as Asian Ponzu-Style Sauce.

Adapted from a Hugo Riboulet recipe (Hugo Riboulet / Femme Actuelle (passe-partout sauce; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 0.8× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Hugo Riboulet / Femme Actuelle (passe-partout sauce; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18) (published as “Asian Ponzu-Style Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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