Wagamama Katsu Curry Sauce Recipe & Calories
Want that mild, coconut-and-ginger katsu curry sauce on your own crispy chicken at home? Wagamama publishes a recipe for it, from scratch or with its katsu paste, and a pot of the restaurant's sauce has 227 calories.
The restaurant's sauce is vegan, contains gluten and mustard, and an extra pot is £1.20. Below you'll find what goes into Wagamama's home recipe, both versions of it, the restaurant sauce's calories and allergens, and where to buy it ready-made.
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What is in katsu curry sauce?
Katsu curry sauce is the mild, lightly spiced sauce poured over breaded chicken katsu. Wagamama's home recipe builds it from onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric and mild curry powder, thickens it with a spoonful of flour, loosens it with stock and coconut milk, and finishes it with soy sauce, sugar and salt.
That's the from-scratch version. Wagamama also gives a shortcut, 120g of its katsu paste simmered with 120ml of coconut milk, and sells a ready-made sauce that it describes as mildly spiced, vegan and made with coconut cream and ginger.
The recipe and the restaurant's pot aren't identical. The home recipe uses soy sauce (soya) and plain flour (gluten) and has no mustard, while Wagamama's allergen chart lists the restaurant's sauce with gluten and mustard, so the calories and allergens further down are for the restaurant's pot, not for the recipe. In the restaurant the sauce comes with the chicken and yasai katsu curries, katsu udon and the katsu wraps on the lunch menu, and it's one of two sauce choices on the kids' chicken and yasai katsu.
Wagamama katsu curry sauce recipe
This is Wagamama's own recipe for the sauce in its chicken katsu curry, with the method in our words. The quantities make enough sauce for the two portions in Wagamama's recipe, and you can make it from scratch or take the shortcut with katsu paste.
Ingredients
For the sauce from scratch
- 2 to 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- A 2.5cm piece of ginger, peeled and grated
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 2 heaped tbsp mild curry powder
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 300ml chicken or vegetable stock
- 100ml coconut milk
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp sugar, to taste
For the shortcut sauce
- 120g katsu paste
- 120ml coconut milk
Method, from scratch
- Soften the onion. Heat the vegetable oil in a saucepan and gently cook the chopped onion until softened. Add the garlic and grated ginger, stirring until fragrant.
- Add the spices. Mix in the turmeric and curry powder. Add the flour and cook for about a minute, stirring so it combines with the spices.
- Build the sauce. Gradually pour in the stock, stirring as you go to prevent lumps. Add the coconut milk and mix until the sauce is smooth.
- Season and strain. Stir in the soy sauce and sugar with a pinch of salt. Simmer until thickened, then strain through a sieve, a little at a time, for a smooth finish.
Method, shortcut
Combine the katsu paste and coconut milk in a saucepan. Bring to a gentle simmer, stirring until smooth and heated through.
Tips
- Pick the stock: Wagamama's recipe says chicken or vegetable stock, so vegetable stock keeps the sauce vegetarian.
- It contains gluten: The plain flour in the recipe contains gluten.
- Simmer, don't boil: For the paste version, Wagamama's method is a gentle simmer until smooth and heated through.
Quantities from Wagamama's own recipe.
The from-scratch sauce is built on a spoonful of flour cooked with the spices and loosened gradually with stock, which is why it thickens as it simmers. For the crispy chicken, rice and salad that go with it, the full dish is on the katsu curry page.
Katsu curry sauce calories and allergens
A pot of the restaurant's katsu curry sauce is 227 kcal on Wagamama's allergen chart. That's 2.9g of protein, 17.2g of carbohydrate (of which 4.4g sugars), 16.7g of fat (of which 6.1g saturates), 2.1g of fibre and 1.7g of salt.
- Energy943 kJ / 227 kcal
- Protein2.9g
- Carbohydrate17.2g
- of which sugars4.4g
- Fat16.7g
- of which saturates6.1g
- Fibre2.1g
- Salt1.7g
The chart lists gluten and mustard as the allergens in the sauce and marks it vegan and vegetarian. It carries a may-contain warning for celery, lupin, sesame, soya, sulphites, tree nuts and peanuts, so if you have a nut allergy, don't assume it's nut-free: tell the restaurant, and use our allergy menu to see how the chart marks every dish.
The chart also lists a hot katsu sauce at 351 kcal, with 24.9g of carbohydrate (10.3g sugars), 26.3g of fat and 3.4g of salt. It lists gluten, mustard, soya and sulphites. The katsu sauce in the kids' bento is 57 kcal. For how 227 kcal compares with every other dish, see the calories page.
Which Wagamama dishes come with katsu curry sauce?
The chicken katsu curry is £14.90 and the yasai katsu curry is £14.50. Katsu udon is £14.40, and the chicken and yasai katsu wraps on the lunch menu are £8.90 each. On the kids menu the chicken katsu (£6.90) and yasai katsu (£5.90) come with either katsu curry sauce or sweet amai sauce on the side, and an extra pot of katsu curry sauce is £1.20. The katsu curry page has the full dish with its price, calories and recipe.
Katsu curry sauce or amai sauce?
On the kids' chicken katsu, katsu curry sauce is the heavier choice: 419 calories against 397 with amai sauce, and 14.1g of fat against 9.9g. It has less sugar, at 4.3g against 10.8g. The allergens differ too. The katsu curry sauce version lists gluten, egg and mustard and carries the may-contain warning for peanuts and tree nuts, while the amai version lists gluten, egg and soya. The sweet sauce page has its own recipe, calories and allergens.
Where to buy katsu curry sauce
Wagamama's retail katsu range is sold at UK supermarkets and online shops, including Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Morrisons and Ocado. Stock varies by shop, so check the retailer's listing before making a special trip.
Katsu curry sauce
A ready-made, mildly spiced vegan sauce with coconut cream and ginger, designed to serve two.
Katsu paste
A more concentrated option: mix 120g of paste with 120ml of coconut milk and simmer until heated through.
Katsu curry meal kit
Serves two and includes salad dressing. You supply your own protein and rice, so it's a starting point rather than a complete meal.
Katsu curry sauce FAQs
Is Wagamama katsu curry sauce vegan?
Wagamama's chart lists the restaurant's sauce as vegan and vegetarian, and the ready-made sauce in shops is described as vegan too. The home recipe is vegetarian only if you use vegetable stock instead of chicken stock.
Is katsu curry sauce spicy?
Not very. Wagamama's recipe uses mild curry powder and its ready-made sauce is described as mildly spiced. If you want more heat, the restaurant lists a hot katsu sauce.
From Wagamama's October 2026 UK menu, allergen and nutrition guide and its published recipe, checked . Prices are dine-in. See every Wagamama dish and its price or the £14 weekday lunch offer.